Envince By Deane Barker • April 28, 2023 • Definition: to provide evidence of This is related to a couple other words: convince and invincible. They come from the Latin root which means “to vanquish” or “to win” (as in, win an argument). Why I Looked It Up From a NY Times article about gun control in New York: This dispute envinces a larger rift between Democratic lawmakers in Albany – heavily represented by downstate liberals – and more conservative law enforcement and elected official upstate. So, the dispute it acts as evidence of a larger conflict.