convert

1. v. t. To cause to turn; to turn. Source: opted

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. Source: opted

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. Source: opted

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. Source: opted

5. v. t. To apply to any use by a diversion from the proper or intended use; to appropriate dishonestly or illegally. Source: opted

6. v. t. To exchange for some specified equivalent; as, to convert goods into money. Source: opted

7. v. t. To change (one proposition) into another, so that what was the subject of the first becomes the predicate of the second. Source: opted

8. v. t. To turn into another language; to translate. Source: opted

9. v. i. To be turned or changed in character or direction; to undergo a change, physically or morally. Source: opted

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. Source: opted

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. Source: opted

12. n. a person who has been converted to another religious or political belief Source: wordnet

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