v. 1 change, modify, alter, transform, transmute, mutate, transfigure, transmogrify, remodel, remake, metamorphose We converted our rowing-boat into a sailing dinghy 2 proselytize, switch, change (over) To avoid the horrors of the Inquisition, many Spanish Jews converted to Catholicism
n. 3 proselyte; neophyte, catechumen, disciple Converts are often the most passionate believers