convert (v.) Copy link Outline I. To change or turn from one state, etc., to anotherII. In logicIII. To alter a person's opinion by persuasionIV. To turn to a new religious faithV. To turn to one's own use • convert (v.): I. To change or turn from one state, etc., to another: converto, verto; mūto, commūto: to turn, transform. II. In logic: converto, 3: Aldr. III. To alter a person's opinion by persuasion: aliquem de sententia (sua) deducere, dejicere, demovere, Cic.: in pass., to be c.'d (in addition to the passives of the above), sententia, de sententia, decedere, desistere; sententiam mutare, Cic. IV. To turn to a new religious faith: ad Deum convertere, Vulg.; ad fidem Christi convertere, Beda. (In pass. may be expr. with transire, etc.). V. To turn to one's own use: verto, ti, sum, 3: to c. money to one's own uses, pecuniam ad se v.: Cic.: v. to appropriate, apply.