Convert
English Translation from English to English dictionary online for the word Convert
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1 v. t.
To cause to turn; to turn.
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2 v. t.
To change or turn from one state or condition to another; to alter in form, substance, or quality; to transform; to transmute; as, to convert water into ice.
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3 v. t.
To change or turn from one belief or course to another, as from one religion to another or from one party or sect to another.
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4 v. t.
To produce the spiritual change called conversion in (any one); to turn from a bad life to a good one; to change the heart and moral character of (any one) from the controlling power of sin to that of holiness.
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5 v. t.
To apply to any use by a diversion from the proper or intended use; to appropriate dishonestly or illegally.
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6 v. t.
To exchange for some specified equivalent; as, to convert goods into money.
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7 v. t.
To change (one proposition) into another, so that what was the subject of the first becomes the predicate of the second.
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8 v. t.
To turn into another language; to translate.
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9 v. i.
To be turned or changed in character or direction; to undergo a change, physically or morally.
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10 n.
A person who is converted from one opinion or practice to another; a person who is won over to, or heartily embraces, a creed, religious system, or party, in which he has not previously believed; especially, one who turns from the controlling power of sin to that of holiness, or from unbelief to Christianity.
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11 n.
A lay friar or brother, permitted to enter a monastery for the service of the house, but without orders, and not allowed to sing in the choir.
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12 v. t.
To cause to turn; to turn.
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13 v. t.
To change or turn from one state or condition to another; to alter in form, substance, or quality; to transform; to transmute; as, to convert water into ice.
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14 v. t.
To change or turn from one belief or course to another, as from one religion to another or from one party or sect to another.
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15 v. t.
To produce the spiritual change called conversion in (any one); to turn from a bad life to a good one; to change the heart and moral character of (any one) from the controlling power of sin to that of holiness.
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16 v. t.
To apply to any use by a diversion from the proper or intended use; to appropriate dishonestly or illegally.
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17 v. t.
To exchange for some specified equivalent; as, to convert goods into money.
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18 v. t.
To change (one proposition) into another, so that what was the subject of the first becomes the predicate of the second.
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19 v. t.
To turn into another language; to translate.
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20 v. i.
To be turned or changed in character or direction; to undergo a change, physically or morally.
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21 n.
A person who is converted from one opinion or practice to another; a person who is won over to, or heartily embraces, a creed, religious system, or party, in which he has not previously believed; especially, one who turns from the controlling power of sin to that of holiness, or from unbelief to Christianity.
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22 n.
A lay friar or brother, permitted to enter a monastery for the service of the house, but without orders, and not allowed to sing in the choir.