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convictive

British  
/ kənˈvɪktɪv /

adjective

  1. able or serving to convince or convict

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Asseverations were needless, where the frank manner of them both was convictive of the injurious nature of the suspicion.

From The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 2 Elia and The Last Essays of Elia by Charles Lamb

Confidence, not fear, is the keynote of a strong and convictive doctrine.

From The Armed Forces Officer Department of the Army Pamphlet 600-2 by United States. Dept. of Defense

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