LekhoriLekhoriTo transform or change (something) into another form, substance, state, or product.
A kettle converts water into steam.
To change (something) from one use, function, or purpose to another.
To induce (someone) to adopt a particular religion, faith, ideology or belief (.
They converted her to Roman Catholicism on her deathbed.
A person who has converted to a religion.
They were all converts to Islam.
A person who is now in favour of something that they previously opposed or disliked.
I never really liked broccoli before, but now that I've tasted it the way you cook it, I'm a convert!
From Middle English converten, from Old French convertir, from Latin converto (“turn around”).
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Anyone who has converted from being one thing to being another.
A great advantage of these temporary conversions of a man into a beast is that it enables the convert in his animal shape to pay out his enemy without being suspected.