convert(n = noun.person) - a person who has been converted to another religious or political belief;
is a kind of individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul
has particulars: converso, proselyte
Derived forms verb convert₃, verb convert₅

1.  convert(v = verb.change) change over - change from one system to another or to a new plan or policy; "We converted from 220 to 110 Volt"
is one way to alter, change, modify
Derived forms noun conversion₁, noun converter₁
Sample sentences: Something ----s; Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something

2.  convert(v = verb.change) - change the nature, purpose, or function of something; "convert lead into gold"; "convert hotels into jails"; "convert slaves to laborers"
is one way to alter, change, modify
Derived forms noun conversion₉, adjective convertible₂, noun convertor₁
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something

3.  convert(v = verb.change) - change religious beliefs, or adopt a religious belief; "She converted to Buddhism"
is one way to change
Derived forms noun conversion₆, noun convert₁
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP

4.  convert(v = verb.change) change, commute, exchange - exchange or replace with another, usually of the same kind or category; "Could you convert my dollars into pounds?"; "He changed his name"; "convert centimeters into inches"; "convert holdings into shares"
is one way to replace
Derived forms noun conversion₈, adjective convertible₁
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody

5.  convert(v = verb.change) - cause to adopt a new or different faith; "The missionaries converted the Indian population"
is one way to alter, change, modify
Derived form noun convert₁
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s somebody

6.  convert(v = verb.competition) - score an extra point or points after touchdown by kicking the ball through the uprights or advancing the ball into the end zone; "Smith converted and his team won"
is one way to hit, rack up, score, tally
Derived form noun conversion₃
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s

7.  convert(v = verb.competition) - complete successfully; "score a penalty shot or free throw"
is one way to hit, rack up, score, tally
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something

8.  convert(v = verb.competition) - score (a spare);
is one way to hit, rack up, score, tally
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something

9.  convert(v = verb.communication) convince, win over - make (someone) agree, understand, or realize the truth or validity of something; "He had finally convinced several customers of the advantages of his product"
is one way to persuade
Sample sentences: Sam cannot convert Sue ; The performance is likely to convert Sue

10.  convert(v = verb.change) commute, exchange - exchange a penalty for a less severe one;
is one way to alter, change, modify
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something

11.  convert(v = verb.change) - change in nature, purpose, or function; undergo a chemical change; "The substance converts to an acid"
is one way to change
Derived forms noun converter₁, adjective convertible₃
Sample sentences: Something ----s; Something is ----ing PP

1.  To cause to turn; to turn. [1913 Webster]
"O, which way shall I first convert myself?" [1913 Webster]

2.  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. [1913 Webster]
"If the whole atmosphere were converted into water." [1913 Webster]
"That still lessens
The sorrow, and converts it nigh to joy." [1913 Webster]

3.  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. [1913 Webster]
"No attempt was made to convert the Moslems." [1913 Webster]

4.  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. [1913 Webster]
"He which converteth the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death." [1913 Webster]

5.  To apply to any use by a diversion from the proper or intended use; to appropriate dishonestly or illegally. [1913 Webster]
"When a bystander took a coin to get it changed, and converted it, [it was] held no larceny." [1913 Webster]

6.  To exchange for some specified equivalent; as, to convert goods into money. [1913 Webster]

7.  To change (one proposition) into another, so that what was the subject of the first becomes the predicate of the second. [1913 Webster]

8.  To turn into another language; to translate. [1913 Webster]
"Which story . . . Catullus more elegantly converted." [1913 Webster]

   To be turned or changed in character or direction; to undergo a change, physically or morally. [1913 Webster]
"If Nebo had had the preaching that thou hast, they [the Neboites] would have converted." [1913 Webster]
"A red dust which converth into worms." [1913 Webster]
"The public hope
And eye to thee converting." [1913 Webster]

1.  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. [1913 Webster]
"The Jesuits did not persuade the converts to lay aside the use of images." [1913 Webster]

2.  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.

convert, v. & n.
--v.
1 tr. (usu. foll. by into) change in form, character, or function.
2 tr. cause (a person) to change beliefs, opinion, party, etc.
3 tr. change (moneys, stocks, units in which a quantity is expressed, etc.) into others of a different kind.
4 tr. make structural alterations in (a building) to serve a new purpose.
5 tr. (also absol.) a Rugby Football score extra points from (a try) by a successful kick at goal. b Amer. Football complete (a touchdown) by kicking a goal or crossing the goal-line.
6 intr. be converted or convertible (the sofa converts into a bed).
7 tr. Logic interchange the terms of (a proposition).
--n. (often foll. by to) a person who has been converted to a different belief, opinion, etc.

Idiom:
convert to one's own use wrongfully make use of (another's property).

Etymology:
ME f. OF convertir ult. f. L convertere convers- turn about (as COM-, vertere turn)

N  tergiversation, change of mind, change of intention, change of purpose, afterthought, tergiversation, recantation, palinode, palinody, renunciation, abjuration, abjurement, defection, going over, apostasy, retraction, retractation, withdrawal, disavowal, revocation, revokement, reversal, repentance, redintegratio amoris, coquetry, vacillation, backsliding, volte-face, turn coat, turn tippet, rat, apostate, renegade, convert, pervert, proselyte, deserter, backslider, blackleg, crawfish, scab, mugwump, recidivist, time server, time pleaser, timist, Vicar of Bray, trimmer, ambidexter, weathercock, Janus, changeful, irresolute, ductile, slippery as an eel, trimming, ambidextrous, timeserving, coquetting, revocatory, reactionary, a change came o'er the spirit of my dream.

N  conversion, reduction, transmutation, resolution, assimilation, evolution, sea change, change of state, assumption, naturalization, transportation, development, developing, conversion of currency, exchange of currency, exchange rate, bureau de change, chemistry, alchemy, progress, growth, lapse, flux, passage, transit, transition, transmigration, shifting, phase, conjugation, convertibility, crucible, alembic, caldron, retort, convert, pervert, renegade, apostate, converted into, convertible, resolvable into, transitional, naturalized, gradually, &c (slowly) 275 in transitu.

N  piety, religion, theism, faith, religiousness, holiness, saintship, religionism, sanctimony, reverence, humility, veneration, devotion, prostration, grace, unction, edification, sanctity, sanctitude, consecration, spiritual existence, odor of sanctity, beauty of holiness, theopathy, beatification, adoption, regeneration, conversion, justification, sanctification, salvation, inspiration, bread of life, Body and Blood of Christ, believer, convert, theist, Christian, devotee, pietist, the good, the righteous, the just, the believing, the elect, Saint, Madonna, Notre Dame, Our Lady, the children of God, the children of the Kingdom, the children of the light, pious, religious, devout, devoted, reverent, godly, heavenly- minded, humble, pure, holy, spiritual, pietistic, saintly, saint-like, seraphic, sacred, solemn, believing, faithful, Christian, Catholic, elected, adopted, justified, sanctified, regenerated, inspired, consecrated, converted, unearthly, not of the earth, ne vile fano, pure-eyed Faith, thou hovering angel girt with golden wings.

VB  be pious, have faith, believe, receive Christ, revere, be converted, convert, edify, sanctify, keep holy, beatify, regenerate, inspire, consecrate, enshrine.

VB  believe, credit, give faith to, give credit to, credence to, see, realize, assume, receive, set down for, take for, have it, take it, consider, esteem, presume, count upon, depend upon, calculate upon, pin one's faith upon, reckon upon, lean upon, build upon, rely upon, rest upon, lay one's account for, make sure of, make oneself easy about, on that score, take on trust, take on credit, take for granted, take for gospel, allow some weight to, attach some weight to, know, know for certain, have know, make no doubt, doubt not, be, rest assured, persuade oneself, assure oneself, satisfy oneself, make up one's mind, give one credit for, confide in, believe in, put one's trust in, place in, repose in, implicit confidence in, take one's word for, at one's word, place reliance on, rely upon, swear by, regard to, think, hold, take, take it, opine, be of opinion, conceive, trow, ween, fancy, apprehend, have it, hold a belief, possess, entertain a belief, adopt a belief, imbibe a belief, embrace a belief, get hold of a belief, hazard, foster, nurture a belief, cherish a belief, have an opinion, hold an opinion, possess, entertain an opinion, adopt an opinion, imbibe an opinion, embrace an opinion, get hold of an opinion, hazard an opinion, foster an opinion, nurture an opinion, cherish an opinion, view as, consider as, take as, hold as, conceive as, regard as, esteem as, deem as, look upon as, account as, set down as, surmise, get it into one's head, take it into one's head, come round to an opinion, swallow, cause to be believed, satisfy, persuade, have the ear of, gain the confidence of, assure, convince, convict, convert, wean, bring round, bring over, win over, indoctrinate, cram down the throat, produce conviction, carry conviction, bring home to, drive home to, go down, find credence, pass current, be received, be current, possess, take hold of, take possession of the mind.