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To cause to be spiritually born anew; to cause to become a Christian; to convert from sin to holiness; to implant holy affections in the heart of.

To change or convert by resolution or formal vote; -- used only reflexively; as, the house resolved itself into a committee of the whole.

Pecuniary means; funds; money, or any property that can be converted into supplies; available means or capabilities of any kind. Scotland by no means escaped the fate ordained for every country which is connected, but not incorporated, with another country of greater resources. Macaulay.

One who, or that which, reverts. An active promoter in making the East Saxons converts, or rather reverts, to the faith. Fuller.

To convert to the Roman Catholic religion.

Toconvert into, or to impregnate with, sugar.

To convert into, or to impregnate with, sugar.

To form a salt with; to convert into a salt; as, to salify a base or an acid.

To convert into soap, as tallow or any fat; hence (Chem.), to subject to any similar process, as that which ethereal salts undergo in decomposition; as, to saponify ethyl acetate.

Any one of several very large species of chelonians having the feet converted into paddles, as the green turtle, hawkbill, loggerhead, and leatherback. They inhabit all warm seas.

To convert from regular or monastic into secular; as, to secularize a priest or a monk.

Having the outermost stamens converted into petals, while the inner ones remain perfect; -- said of a flower.

Half or imperfectly vitrified; partially converted into glass.

Converting into sensation. Huxley.

Susceptible of, or converting into, sensation; as, the sensificatory part of a nervous system. Huxley.

To convert (a magnesian silicate) into serpentine. -- Ser`pen*tin`i*za"tion, n.

To render stiff or solid; especially, to convert into curd; to curdle; as, to set milk for cheese.

ettle, shall be two cubits, and the breadth one cubit. Ezek. xliii. 14. Settle bed, a bed convertible into a seat. [Eng.]

To convert into, or to impregnate with, silica, or with the compounds of silicon. The specimens found . . . are completely silicified. Say.

to the air, in consequence of the absorption of carton dioxide and water, by which it is converted into carbonate of lime and hydrate of lime.