Convert

a. [Lat. converto - con, and ver to, to turn.] To change or turn into another substance or form; to change from one state to another; to transmute; as, to convert gold bullion into money. "Le ens The sorrow, and converts it nigh to joy." - Milton. or epigrams; conforms to the demands of good taste, -To turn from a bad life to one that is good, religious, and without being bound by rule; unites wit and reason, satire and compliment, without departing from the rules of a pure morality, and allows all to speak on subjects which they understand. Each expre es his opinion, and supports it in as few words as po ible; and no one attacks that of another with warmth, or upholds his own with obstinacy. All impart information, and all are entertained. In this art, as in most others, it is more easy to indicate what things are to be avoided than to point out precisely what ought to be done. The object of C. is to afford entertainment or agreeable information; and one of its first rules is to allow everybody to contribute his share, while every one at the same time ought to exert himself for the gratification of the Con'vert, n. A converted person; one who is turned company. Egotism, or any display of self-conceit, is the from sin to holine and morality; a person who re holy; as, to convert a profligate. "And sinners shall be converted unto thee." - Psalms 11. 13. -To change or turn from one religion, party, or sect, to another; to convert from a heathen state; as, to convert an infidel to the truth, to convert a political opponent. "Augustine is converted by St. Ambrose's sermon." -Hammond. -To turn from one use or destination to another; as, to convert forged bills into cash. "He converted the prizes to his own use." - Arbuthnot . v. i. To turn about or be changed; to undergo a change; as, to be converted from a drunkard into a teetotaller. "The love of wicked friends converts to fear." -Shaks. ( Eccl .) The term C. is specially applied to such as abandon any other faith and adopt that of Christianity. It is opposed to apostate , applied to one who has forsaken the Christian religion for some other. Convert'iblene , n. State of being convertible. Convertibly, a. Reciprocally; with interchange of IMG:content-0361.jpg:[blocks in formation] "A comet... burns thro' th' ethereal frame, And half heav'n's convex glitters with the flame." - Tickell. Convexed, ( kon'vext ,) a . Made convex, or protuberant, in a spherical form; as, a convexed spine. Convex'edly, Convexly, adv . In a convex form; as, " convexly conical."