convert (konvert)

[ Convert thy thoughts to somewhat else, I pray thee. B. Jonson, Poetaster, iii. 1. That a kingfisher, hanged by the bill, sheweth in what quarter the wind is, by an occult and secret propriety, con verting the breast to that point of the Horizon from whence the wind doth blow, is a received opinion, and very strange. Sir T. Browne, Vulg. Err., iii. 10. 2. 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. If the whole atmosphere was converted into water, it would make no more than eleven or twelve yards water about the earth. T. Burnet, Theory of the Earth, i. 3. We congratulate you that you have known how to con vert calamities into powers, exile into a campaign, present defeat into lasting victory. Emerson, Misc., p. 362. It was something different from mere condensation which converted Promos and Cas sandra into Measure for MeaA. W. Ward, Eng. Dram. Lit., I. 119. sure. IMG:content-1227.png:[blocks in formation] The sorrow, and converts it nigh to joy. Milton , S. A., 1. 1564. Emancipation may convert the slave from a well-fed ani mal into a pauperised man. an. Huxley, Lay Sermons, p. 21. 4. In theol., 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. Repent ye therefore, and be converted , that your sins may be blotted out. Acts iii. 19. He which convert eth the sinner from the error of his way Jas. v. 20. shall save a soul from death. 5. To change or turn from one religion to another, or from one party or sect to another, especially from one that is regarded as false to one that is regarded as true. convert In converting Jews to Christians, you raise the price of pork. Shak ., M. of V., iii. 5. 'Twas much wished by the holy Robinson that some of the poor heathen had been converted before any of them had been slaughtered. C. Mather , Mag. Chris., i. 3. No attempt was made to convert the Moslems. Pre scott. 6. To turn from one use or destination to another; divert from the proper or intended use; specifically, in law , of personal property, unlawfully to a ume ownership of, or to a ert a control over, inconsistent with that of the owner; appropriate without right to one's own use, or intentionally deprive of its use the one having the right thereto. Which [lands and po e ions] are no we, and have bene of longe tyme, conuerted as well to dedes of charyte and to the commen-welth there, as hereafter shall appere. English Gilds (E. E. T. S.), p. 248. When the Monks of Canterbury had displeased him about the election of their Archbishop, he seized upon all their Goods, and converted them to his own Use. Baker , Chronicles, p. 78. 7. In logic, to transform by conversion. See conversion, 2.-8. To turn into or expre in another language; translate. Which story... Catullus more elegantly converted. B. Jonson, Masque of Queens. Converted iron, iron which has been made into steel by the proce of cementation, or steel which has again been subjected to such a treatment. - Converted proposition, in logic, a proposition subjected to the operation of conversion; the premise of the immediate inference. Converting proposition, the conclusion of an inference of conversion. IMG:content-1228.png:[blocks in formation] 3. To experience a change of heart; change the current of one's life from worldline or selfishne to love of God and man. 1244 St. Paul makes a difference between those he calls neophytes - that is, newly grafted into Christianity - and those that are brought up in the faith. Bacon , Speech on the Union of Laws. The pagan coterie who got hold of him [the Emperor Julian] soon discovered the importance of their convert . Smith and Wace , Dict. Christ. Biog., III. 494. Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compa sea and land to make one proselyte, and, when he is made, ye make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves. Mat. xxiii. 15. This is a creature, Would she begin a sect, might quench the zeal Of all profe ors else; make proselytes Of who she but bid follow. Shak ., W. T., v. 1. That notorious pervert, Henry of Navarre and France. Thackeray, Roundabout Papers, i. Hopeful looked after him, and espied on his back a paper with this inscription, "Wanton profe or and damnable apostate." Bunyan, Pilgrim's Progre , i. The ballads themselves laughed at one another for deserting their own proper subjects, and becoming, as it were, renegades to nationality and patriotism. Ticknor, Span. Lit., I. 134. convertend (kon-vér-tend'), п . [= F. conver tente , L.convertend us , gerundive of convert ere , convert: see convert , v.] That which is to be converted; specifically, in logic , a proposition which is or is to be transformed by conversion; the premise of the immediate inference of conversion. See conversion , 2. converter (kon-vérter), n. verts; one who makes converts. 1. One who con The zealous converters of souls and labourers in God's vineyard. Jer. Taylor , Works (ed. 1835), I. i. The illustrious converter appealed to the Pope. National Baptist, XIX. 3. 2. A ve el in which metals or other materials are changed or converted from one shape or condition to another. Specifically, in metal., an oval-shaped ve el or retort, hung on an axis, made of iron and lined with some refractory material, in which molten pig-iron is converted by the Be emer proce into what is generally called steel. See steel. Also spelled con vert or. We preach many long sermons, yet the people will not convertibility kon repent nor convert. Latimer, Sermon bef. Edw. VI., 1550. Lest they understand with their heart, and con vert , and be healed. Isa. vi. 10. Whenever a man converts to God, in the same instant God turns to him. Jer. Taylor, Works (ed. 1835), II. 423.