convey

Definition

To move (something) from one place to another.

Etymology

From Middle English conveien, from Old French conveier (French convoyer), from Vulgar Latin *convio, from Classical Latin via (“way”). Compare convoy.

Example Sentences

• "Air conveys sound. Water is conveyed through the pipe."
• "[…] I will do all thy desire concerning timber of cedar, and concerning timber of fir. My servants shall bring them down from Lebanon unto the sea: and I will convey them by sea in floats unto the place that thou shalt appoint me, and will cause them to be discharged there […]"
• "The Fallopian Tubes, or oviducts, convey the ova from the ovaries to the cavity of the uterus."

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