Conveyed

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Convey \Con*vey"\ (k[o^]n*v[=a]"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
     {Conveyed} (k[o^]n*v[=a]d"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Conveying}.]
     [OF. conveir, convoier, to escort, convoy, F. convoyer, LL.
     conviare, fr. L. con- + via way. See {Viaduct}, {Voyage}, and
     cf. {Convoy}.]
     1. To carry from one place to another; to bear or transport.


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              I will convey them by sea in floats.  --1 Kings v.
                                                    9.
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              Convey me to my bed, then to my grave. --Shak.
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     2. To cause to pass from one place or person to another; to
        serve as a medium in carrying (anything) from one place or
        person to another; to transmit; as, air conveys sound;
        words convey ideas.
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     3. To transfer or deliver to another; to make over, as
        property; more strictly (Law), to transfer (real estate)
        or pass (a title to real estate) by a sealed writing.
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              The Earl of Desmond . . . secretly conveyed all his
              lands to feoffees in trust.           --Spenser.
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     4. To impart or communicate; as, to convey an impression; to
        convey information.
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              Men fill one another's heads with noise and sound,
              but convey not thereby their thoughts. --Locke.
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     5. To manage with privacy; to carry out. [Obs.]
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              I . . . will convey the business as I shall find
              means.                                --Shak.
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     6. To carry or take away secretly; to steal; to thieve.
        [Obs.]
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     7. To accompany; to convoy. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
  
     Syn: To carry; transport; bear; transmit; transfer.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  conveyed
       adj : sent or carried from one place to another; "during battle,
             messages conveyed by carrier pigeon got through more
             often than those sent by plane"