convey

verb

To communicate; to make known; to portray.

To move (something) from one place to another.

(law) To transfer legal rights (to).

(dated) To take or carry (someone) from one place to another.

(obsolete) To manage with privacy; to carry out.

(obsolete) To carry or take away secretly; to steal; to thieve.

Roots

via-vey · Latin · way, road

Synonyms for convey

impartv communicatev transmitv expressv carryv deliverv verbalizev disseminatev sendv channelizev

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Where does convey come from?

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