to cause to turn; to turn.-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.-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.-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.-to apply to any use by a diversion from the proper or intended use; to appropriate dishonestly or illegally.-to exchange for some specified equivalent; as, to convert goods into money.-to change (one proposition) into another, so that what was the subject of the first becomes the predicate of the second.-to turn into another language; to translate.-to be turned or changed in character or direction; to undergo a change, physically or morally.-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.-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.