2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Convey  \Con*vey"\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Conveyed};  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. 
 
  I  will  convey  them  by  sea  in  fleats.  --1  Kings  v. 
  9. 
 
  Convey  me  to  my  bed,  then  to  my  grave.  --Shak. 
 
  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. 
 
  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. 
 
  The  Earl  of  Desmond  .  .  .  secretly  conveyed  all  his 
  lands  to  feoffees  in  trust.  --Spenser. 
 
  4.  To  impart  or  communicate;  as  to  convey  an  impression;  to 
  convey  information. 
 
  Men  fill  one  another's  heads  with  noise  and  sound, 
  but  convey  not  thereby  their  thoughts.  --Locke. 
 
  5.  To  manage  with  privacy;  to  carry  out  [Obs.] 
 
  I  .  .  .  will  convey  the  business  as  I  shall  find 
  means  --Shak. 
 
  6.  To  carry  or  take  away  secretly;  to  steal;  to  thieve. 
  [Obs.] 
 
  7.  To  accompany;  to  convoy.  [Obs.]  --Chaucer. 
 
  Syn:  To  carry;  transport;  bear;  transmit;  trnsfer. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [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" 

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