Definition for

convert


noun – A person who is converted from one opinion or practice to another; one who renounces one creed, religious system, or party, and embraces another: used particularly of those who change their religious opinions, but applicable to any change from one belief or practice to another.

noun – In theology, one who has been changed, as to the purpose and direction of his life, from sin to holiness.

noun – In monasteries, a lay friar or brother admitted to the service of the house, without orders, and not allowed to sing in the choir.

To cause to turn; turn; turn round.

To change or turn, as into another form or substance or, by exchange, into an equivalent thing; transmute; transform: as, to convert grain into spirits; to convert one kind of property into another; to convert bank-notes into gold.

To change from one state or condition to another: as, to convert a barren waste into a fruitful field; to convert rude savages into civilized men.

In theology, to change the purpose, direction, and spirit of the life of (another) from one of self-seeking and enmity toward God to one of love toward God and man; turn from an evil life to a holy one.

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