convert Ist

[Eng. convert; -ist.] A convert, *con'-vert-ite, s. [Eng. convert; -ite.] A convert. IMG:content-0852.png:[blocks in formation] con-věx, a. & s. [Fr. convexe; Sp. convexo; Port. convero; Ital. conve o, all from Lat. convex us =(as subst.) a periphery, (as adj.) carried round, rounded off, vaulted, from conveho to carry or bring to gether: con together, and veho to carry, to convey.] A. As adj .: Curved in such a way that the projecting portion is in the direction of the spectator's eye. It is opposed to concave (q. v.). It is used of a lens, of the surface of a sphere, . "The convex or out bowed side of a ve ell will hold nothing."-Bp. Hall : An Holy Panegyrio. B. As subst.: A body swelling externally into a curve. (Used of a lens, of the surface of a globe, of a shield, .) "Ten zones of bra its ample brim surround; And twice ten bo es the bright convex crown'd." Pope: Homer's Iliad , bk. xi., 1. 45, 46. IMG:content-0853.png:[blocks in formation]