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Conversion \Con*ver"sion\, n. [L. conversio: cf. F. conversion.
See {Convert}.]
1. The act of turning or changing from one state or condition
to another, or the state of being changed; transmutation;
change.
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Artificial conversion of water into ice. --Bacon.
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The conversion of the aliment into fat. --Arbuthnot.
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2. The act of changing one's views or course, as in passing
from one side, party, or from of religion to another;
also, the state of being so changed. "Conversion to
Christianity." --Prescott.
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3. (Law) An appropriation of, and dealing with the property
of another as if it were one's own, without right; as, the
conversion of a horse.
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Or bring my action of conversion
And trover for my goods. --Hudibras.
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4. (Logic) The act of interchanging the terms of a
proposition, as by putting the subject in the place of the
predicate, or the contrary.
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5. (Math.) A change or reduction of the form or value of a
proposition; as, the conversion of equations; the
conversion of proportions.
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6. (Mil.)
(a) A change of front, as a body of troops attacked in the
flank.
(b) A change of character or use, as of smoothbore guns
into rifles.
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7. (Theol.) A spiritual and moral change attending a change
of belief with conviction; a change of heart; a change
from the service of the world to the service of God; a
change of the ruling disposition of the soul, involving a
transformation of the outward life.
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He oft
Frequented their assemblies, . . . and to them
preached
Conversion and repentance, as to souls
In prison under judgments imminent. --Milton.
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