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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Con·vey v. t. [imp. & p. p. Conveyed p. pr. & vb. n. Conveying.]
 1. To carry from one place to another; to bear or transport.
    I will convey them by sea in floats.   --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.]
 Syn: -- To carry; transport; bear; transmit; transfer.

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 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"