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Conveyance
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- 1 An act or instance of conveying. countable, uncountable
"The times have changed in nothing more (we follow as we were wont the manuscript of Peter Pattieson,) than in the rapid conveyance of intelligence and communication betwixt one part of Scotland and another."
- 2 the act of moving something from one location to another wordnet
- 3 An act or instance of conveying.; A manner of conveying one's thoughts, a style of communication. archaic, countable, uncountable
"She told me, not thinking I had been myself, that I was the prince's jester, that I was duller than a great thaw; huddling jest upon jest with such impossible conveyance upon me, that I stood like a man at a mark, with a whole army shooting at me."
- 4 act of transferring property title from one person to another wordnet
- 5 A means of transporting, especially a vehicle. countable, uncountable
"Athelstan Arundel walked home all the way, foaming and raging. No omnibus, cab, or conveyance ever built could contain a young man in such a rage. His mother lived at Pembridge Square, which is four good measured miles from Lincoln's Inn."
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- 6 something that serves as a means of transportation wordnet
- 7 An instrument transferring title of an object from one person or group of persons to another. countable, uncountable
- 8 the transmission of information wordnet
- 9 document effecting a property transfer wordnet
- 1 To transfer (the title) of an object from one person or group of persons to another. transitive
Etymology
From Middle English conveiance, conveyaunce, equivalent to convey + -ance.
From Middle English conveiance, conveyaunce, equivalent to convey + -ance.
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