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CONVERT

to bring over from one belief, view, or party to another

The meaning of the word convert is to bring over from one belief, view, or party to another.

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vernacularusing a language or dialect native to a region or country rather than a literary, cultured, or foreign language
etymologythe history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language
capillaryresembling a hair especially in slender elongated form
lagone that lags or is last
whorla drum-shaped section on the lower part of a spindle in spinning or weaving machinery serving as a pulley for the tape drive that rotates the spindle
embroiderto ornament with needlework
banka mound, pile, or ridge raised above the surrounding level: such as
proteanof or resembling Proteus in having a varied nature or ability to assume different forms
reposea state of resting after exertion or strain
ramificationbranch