Antonyms for convert
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : verb kuh n-vurt; noun kon-vurt |
| Phonetic Transcription : verb kənˈvɜrt; noun ˈkɒn vɜrt |
Definition of convert
Origin :- c.1300, from Old French convertir, from Vulgar Latin *convertire, from Latin convertere "turn around, transform," from com- "together" (see com-) + vertere "to turn" (see versus). Originally in the religious sense. The Latin word is glossed in Old English by gecyrren, from cierran "to turn, return." Related: Converted; converting.
- noun new believer
- verb change; adapt
- verb change belief, especially regarding religion
- Much of it, apparently, he will convert into that champagne he now drinks.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- Think of a slave trying to convert a free man to a slave religion.
- Extract from : « The Foolish Lovers » by St. John G. Ervine
- And to think that Rachel and I wasted our time trying to convert him!
- Extract from : « It Happened in Egypt » by C. N. Williamson
- So once more, as in 1886, they--the preacher and his convert--are together.
- Extract from : « A Writer's Recollections (In Two Volumes), Volume II » by Mrs. Humphry Ward
- Those who denied a Divine Redeemer were not likely to convert a world.
- Extract from : « The Formation of Christendom, Volume VI » by Thomas W. (Thomas William) Allies
- There is one tale which I am sure will make a convert even of you.
- Extract from : « Vivian Grey » by Earl of Beaconsfield, Benjamin Disraeli
- No attempt which has ever been made to convert them into slaves, has availed much.
- Extract from : « Chronicles of Border Warfare » by Alexander Scott Withers
- He comes as a convert with a message, and laden with books of prophecy.
- Extract from : « Mountain Meditations » by L. Lind-af-Hageby
- This spirit is seen in all I have shown you of what happens when a convert comes.
- Extract from : « Things as They Are » by Amy Wilson-Carmichael
- No convert has ever come from that town, and the town boasts that none ever shall.
- Extract from : « Things as They Are » by Amy Wilson-Carmichael
Synonyms for convert
- actuate
- alter
- alter conviction
- apply
- appropriate
- assimilate to
- baptize
- be born again
- bend
- bias
- brainwash
- bring
- bring around
- budge
- catechumen
- cause to adopt
- change into
- change of heart
- commute
- convince
- create anew
- disciple
- downlink
- download
- follower
- impel
- incline
- interchange
- lead
- lead to believe
- make
- make over
- metamorphose
- modify
- move
- neophyte
- novice
- novitiate
- persuade
- proselyte
- proselytize
- redeem
- reform
- regenerate
- remodel
- reorganize
- restyle
- revise
- save
- see the light
- sway
- switch
- switch over
- transfigure
- transform
- translate
- transmogrify
- transmute
- transpose
- turn
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