Conversative Con·ver"sa·tive (kŏn*vẽr"sȧ*tĭv) adjective Relating to intercourse with men; social; -- opposed to contemplative .

She chose . . . to endue him with the conversative qualities of youth.
Sir H. Wotton.

Conversazione Con`ver·sa`zi·o"ne noun ; plural Conversazioni . [ Italian See Conversation .] A meeting or assembly for conversation, particularly on literary or scientific subjects. Gray.

These conversazioni [ at Florence] resemble our card assemblies.
A. Drummond.

Converse Con·verse" (kŏn*vẽrs") intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Conversed ; present participle & verbal noun Conversing .] [ French converser , Latin conversari to associate with; con- + versari to be turned, to live, remain, from versare to turn often, v. intens. of vertere to turn See Convert .] 1. To keep company; to hold intimate intercourse; to commune; -- followed by with .

To seek the distant hills, and there converse
With nature.
Thomson.

Conversing with the world, we use the world's fashions.
Sir W. Scott.

But to converse with heaven -
This is not easy.
Wordsworth.

2. To engage in familiar colloquy; to interchange thoughts and opinions in a free, informal manner; to chat; -- followed by with before a person; by on , about , concerning , etc., before a thing.

Companions
That do converse and waste the time together.
Shak.

We had conversed so often on that subject.
Dryden.

3. To have knowledge of, from long intercourse or study; -- said of things.

According as the objects they converse with afford greater or less variety.
Locke.

Syn. -- To associate; commune; discourse; talk; chat.

Converse Con"verse noun 1. Frequent intercourse; familiar communion; intimate association. Glanvill.

"T is but to hold
Converse with Nature's charms, and view her stores unrolled.
Byron.

2. Familiar discourse; free interchange of thoughts or views; conversation; chat.

Formed by thy converse happily to steer
From grave to gay, from lively to severe.
Pope.

Converse Con"verse adjective [ Latin conversus , past participle of convertere . See Convert .] Turned about; reversed in order or relation; reciprocal; as, a converse proposition.

Converse Con"verse noun 1. (Logic) A proposition which arises from interchanging the terms of another, as by putting the predicate for the subject, and the subject for the predicate; as, no virtue is vice, no vice is virtue.

» It should not (as is often done) be confounded with the contrary or opposite of a proposition, which is formed by introducing the negative not or no .

2. (Math.) A proposition in which, after a conclusion from something supposed has been drawn, the order is inverted, making the conclusion the supposition or premises, what was first supposed becoming now the conclusion or inference. Thus, if two sides of a sides of a triangle are equal, the angles opposite the sides are equal; and the converse is true, i.e. , if these angles are equal, the two sides are equal.

Conversely Con"verse·ly adverb In a converse manner; with change of order or relation; reciprocally. J. S. Mill.

Converser Con·vers"er noun One who engages in conversation.

Conversible Con·ver"si·ble adjective Capable of being converted or reversed. Hammond.

Conversion Con·ver"sion noun [ Latin conversio : confer French 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.

Artificial conversion of water into ice.
Bacon.

The conversion of the aliment into fat.
Arbuthnot.

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.

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.

Or bring my action of conversion
And trover for my goods.
Hudibras.

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.

5. (Math.) A change or reduction of the form or value of a proposition; as, the conversion of equations; the conversion of proportions.

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.

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.

He oft
Frequented their assemblies, . . . and to them preached
Conversion and repentance, as to souls
In prison under judgments imminent.
Milton.

Conversive Con·ver"sive adjective 1. Capable of being converted or changed.

2. Ready to converse; social. [ Archaic] Feltham.

Convert Con·vert" transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Converted ; present participle & verbal noun Converting .] [ Latin convertere , - versum ; con- + vertere to turn: confer French convertir . See Verse .] 1. To cause to turn; to turn. [ Obsolete]

O, which way shall I first convert myself?
B. Jonson.

2. To change or turn from one state or condition to another; to alter in form, substance, or quality; to transform; to transmute; as, to convert water into ice.

If the whole atmosphere were converted into water.
T. Burnet.

That still lessens
The sorrow, and converts it nigh to joy.
Milton.

3. To change or turn from one belief or course to another, as from one religion to another or from one party or sect to another.

No attempt was made to convert the Moslems.
Prescott.

4. To produce the spiritual change called conversion in (any one); to turn from a bad life to a good one; to change the heart and moral character of (any one) from the controlling power of sin to that of holiness.

He which converteth the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death.
Lames v. 20.

5. To apply to any use by a diversion from the proper or intended use; to appropriate dishonestly or illegally.

When a bystander took a coin to get it changed, and converted it, [ it was] held no larceny.
Cooley.

6. To exchange for some specified equivalent; as, to convert goods into money.

7. (Logic) To change (one proposition) into another, so that what was the subject of the first becomes the predicate of the second.

8. To turn into another language; to translate. [ Obsolete]

Which story . . . Catullus more elegantly converted .
B. Jonson.

Converted guns , cast-iron guns lined with wrought-iron or steel tubes. Farrow. -- Converting furnace (Steel Manuf.) , a furnace in which wrought iron is converted into steel by cementation.

Syn. -- To change; turn; transmute; appropriate.

Convert Con·vert" intransitive verb To be turned or changed in character or direction; to undergo a change, physically or morally.

If Nebo had had the preaching that thou hast, they [ the Neboites] would have converted .
Latimer.

A red dust which converth into worms.
Sandys.

The public hope
And eye to thee converting .
Thomson.

Convert Con"vert noun 1. A person who is converted from one opinion or practice to another; a person who is won over to, or heartily embraces, a creed, religious system, or party, in which he has not previously believed; especially, one who turns from the controlling power of sin to that of holiness, or from unbelief to Christianity.

The Jesuits did not persuade the converts to lay aside the use of images.
Bp. Stillingfleet.

2. A lay friar or brother, permitted to enter a monastery for the service of the house, but without orders, and not allowed to sing in the choir.

Syn. -- Proselyte; neophyte. -- Convert , Proselyte , Pervert . A convert is one who turns from what he believes to have been a decided error of faith or practice. Such a change may relate to religion, politics, or other subjects. properly considered, it is not confined to speculation alone, but affects the whole current of one's feelings and the tenor of his actions. As such a change carries with it the appearance of sincerity, the term convert is usually taken in a good sense. Proselyte is a term of more ambiguous use and application. It was first applied to an adherent of one religious system who had transferred himself externally to some other religious system; and is also applied to one who makes a similar transfer in respect to systems of philosophy or speculation. The term has little or no reference to the state of the heart. Pervert is a term of recent origin, designed to express the contrary of convert , and to stigmatize a person as drawn off perverted from the true faith. It has been more particulary applied by members of the Church of England to those who have joined the Roman Catholic Church.

Convertend Con`ver·tend" noun [ Latin convertenus to be converted.] (Logic) Any proposition which is subject to the process of conversion; -- so called in its relation to itself as converted, after which process it is termed the converse . See Converse , noun (Logic) .

Converter Con·vert"er noun 1. One who converts; one who makes converts.

2. (Steel Manuf.) A retort, used in the Bessemer process, in which molten cast iron is decarburized and converted into steel by a blast of air forced through the liquid metal.

Convertibility Con·vert`i·bil"i·ty noun The condition or quality of being convertible; capability of being exchanged; convertibleness.

The mutual convertibility of land into money, and of money into land.
Burke.

Convertible Con·vert"i·ble adjective [ Latin convertibilis : confer French convertible .] 1. Capable of being converted; susceptible of change; transmutable; transformable.

Minerals are not convertible into another species, though of the same genus.
Harvey.

2. Capable of being exchanged or interchanged; reciprocal; interchangeable.

So long as we are in the regions of nature, miraculous and improbable, miraculous and incredible, may be allowed to remain convertible terms.
Trench.

Convertibleness Con·vert"i·ble·ness noun The state of being convertible; convertibility.

Convertibly Con·vert"i·bly adverb In a convertible manner.

Convertite Con"vert·ite noun [ Confer Italian convertito , past participle of convertire to convert.] A convert. [ Obsolete] Shak.

Convex Con"vex adjective [ Latin convexus vaulted, arched, convex, concave, from convehere to bring together: confer French convexe . See Vehicle .] Rising or swelling into a spherical or rounded form; regularly protuberant or bulging; -- said of a spherical surface or curved line when viewed from without, in opposition to concave .

Drops of water naturally form themselves into figures with a convex surface.
Whewell.

Double convex , convex on both sides; convexo-convex.

Convex Con"vex noun A convex body or surface.

Half heaven's convex glitters with the flame.
Tickell.

» This word was often pronounced con-vex' by early writers, as by Milton, and occasionally by later poets.

Convexed Con"vexed adjective Made convex; protuberant in a spherical form. Sir T. Browne.

Convexedly Con·vex"ed·ly adverb In a convex form; convexly. Sir T. Browne.

Convexedness Con·vex"ed·ness noun Convexity.

Convexity Con·vex"i·ty noun ; plural Convexities . [ Latin convexitas : confer French convexité .] The state of being convex; the exterior surface of a convex body; roundness.

A smooth, uniform convexity and rotundity of a globe.
Bentley.

Convexly Con"vex·ly adverb In a convex form; as, a body convexly shaped.

Convexness Con"vex·ness noun The state of being convex; convexity.

Convexo-concave Con·vex"o-con"cave adjective Convex on one side, and concave on the other. The curves of the convex and concave sides may be alike or may be different. See Meniscus .

Convexo-convex Con·vex"o-con"vex adjective Convex on both sides; double convex. See under Convex , adjective

Convexo-plane Con·vex"o-plane` adjective Convex on one side, and flat on the other; plano- convex.

Convey Con·vey" (kŏn*v&/amacr;") transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Conveyed (- vād"); present participle & verbal noun Conveying .] [ Old French conveir , convoier , to escort, convoy, French convoyer , Late Latin conviare , from Latin con- + via way. See Viaduct , Voyage , and confer Convoy .] 1. To carry from one place to another; to bear or transport.

I will convey them by sea in floats.
1 Kings v. 9.

Convey me to my bed, then to my grave.
Shak.

2. To cause to pass from one place or person to another; to serve as a medium in carrying (anything) from one place or person to another; to transmit; as, air conveys sound; words convey ideas.

3. To transfer or deliver to another; to make over, as property; more strictly (Law) , to transfer (real estate) or pass (a title to real estate) by a sealed writing.

The Earl of Desmond . . . secretly conveyed all his lands to feoffees in trust.
Spenser.

4. To impart or communicate; as, to convey an impression; to convey information.

Men fill one another's heads with noise and sound, but convey not thereby their thoughts.
Locke.

5. To manage with privacy; to carry out. [ Obsolete]

I . . . will convey the business as I shall find means.
Shak.

6. To carry or take away secretly; to steal; to thieve. [ Obsolete]

7. To accompany; to convoy. [ Obsolete] Chaucer.

Syn. -- To carry; transport; bear; transmit; transfer.

Convey Con·vey" intransitive verb To play the thief; to steal. [ Cant]

But as I am Crack, I will convey , crossbite, and cheat upon Simplicius.
Marston.

Conveyable Con·vey"a·ble (kŏn*v&/amacr;"ȧ*b'l) adjective Capable of being conveyed or transferred. Burke.

Conveyance Con·vey"ance (kŏn*v&/amacr;" a ns) noun 1. The act of conveying, carrying, or transporting; carriage.

The long journey was to be performed on horseback, -- the only sure mode of conveyance .
Prescott.

Following the river downward, there is conveyance into the countries named in the text.
Sir W. Raleigh.

2. The instrument or means of carrying or transporting anything from place to place; the vehicle in which, or means by which, anything is carried from one place to another; as, stagecoaches, omnibuses, etc., are conveyances ; a canal or aqueduct is a conveyance for water.

These pipes and these conveyances of our blood.
Shak.

3. The act or process of transferring, transmitting, handing down, or communicating; transmission.

Tradition is no infallible way of conveyance .
Stillingfleet.

4. (Law) The act by which the title to property, esp. real estate, is transferred; transfer of ownership; an instrument in writing (as a deed or mortgage), by which the title to property is conveyed from one person to another.

[ He] found the conveyances in law to be so firm, that in justice he must decree the land to the earl.
Clarendon.

5. Dishonest management, or artifice. [ Obsolete]

the very Jesuits themselves . . . can not possibly devise any juggling conveyance how to shift it off.
Hakewill.

Conveyancer Con·vey"an·cer (kŏn*v&/amacr;" a n*sẽr) noun (Law) One whose business is to draw up conveyances of property, as deeds, mortgages, leases, etc. Burrill.

Conveyancing Con·vey"an·cing noun (Law) The business of a conveyancer; the act or business of drawing deeds, leases, or other writings, for transferring the title to property from one person to another.

Conveyer Con·vey"er noun 1. One who, or that which, conveys or carries, transmits or transfers.

2. One given to artifices or secret practices; a juggler; a cheat; a thief. [ Obsolete] Shak.

Conveyor Con·vey"or noun (Machinery) A contrivance for carrying objects from place to place; esp., one for conveying grain, coal, etc., -- as a spiral or screw turning in a pipe or trough, an endless belt with buckets, or a truck running along a rope.

Conviciate Con·vi"ci·ate intransitive verb [ Latin conviciatus , past participle of conviciari to revile, from convicium loud reproach.] To utter reproaches; to raise a clamor; to rail. [ Obsolete]

To conviciate instead of accusing.
Laud.

Convicinity Con`vi·cin"i·ty noun ; plural Convicinities Immediate vicinity; neighborhood.

The convicinity and contiguity of the two parishes.
T. Warton.

Convicious Con·vi"cious adjective Expressing reproach; abusive; railing; taunting. [ Obsolete] " Convicious words." Queen Elizabeth (1559).

Convict Con·vict" (kŏn*vĭkt") p. adjective [ Latin convictus , past participle of convincere to convict, prove. See Convice .] Proved or found guilty; convicted. [ Obsolete] Shak.

Convict by flight, and rebel to all law.
Milton.

Convict Con"vict (kŏn"vĭkt) noun 1. A person proved guilty of a crime alleged against him; one legally convicted or sentenced to punishment for some crime.

2. A criminal sentenced to penal servitude.

Syn. -- Malefactor; culprit; felon; criminal.

Convict Con·vict" (kŏn*vĭkt") transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Convicted ; present participle & verbal noun Convicting .] 1. To prove or find guilty of an offense or crime charged; to pronounce guilty, as by legal decision, or by one's conscience.

He [ Baxter] . . . had been convicted by a jury.
Macaulay.

They which heard it, being convicted by their own conscience, went out one by one.
John viii. 9.

2. To prove or show to be false; to confute; to refute. [ Obsolete] Sir T. Browne.

3. To demonstrate by proof or evidence; to prove.

Imagining that these proofs will convict a testament, to have that in it which other men can nowhere by reading find.
Hooker.

4. To defeat; to doom to destruction. [ Obsolete]

A whole armado of convicted sail.
Shak.

Syn. -- To confute; defect; convince; confound.

Convictible Con·vict·i·ble (kŏn*vĭkt"ĭ*b'l) adjective Capable of being convicted. [ R.] Ash.

Conviction Con·vic"tion (kŏn*vĭk"shŭn) noun [ Latin convictio proof: confer French conviction conviction (in sense 3 & 4). See Convict , Convince .] 1. The act of convicting; the act of proving, finding, or adjudging, guilty of an offense.

The greater certainty of conviction and the greater certainty of punishment.
Hallam.

2. (Law) A judgment of condemnation entered by a court having jurisdiction; the act or process of finding guilty, or the state of being found guilty of any crime by a legal tribunal.

Conviction may accrue two ways.
Blackstone.

3. The act of convincing of error, or of compelling the admission of a truth; confutation.

For all his tedious talk is but vain boast,
Or subtle shifts conviction to evade.
Milton.

4. The state of being convinced or convicted; strong persuasion or belief; especially, the state of being convicted of sin, or by one's conscience.

To call good evil, and evil good, against the conviction of their own consciences.
Swift.

And did you presently fall under the power of this conviction ?
Bunyan.

Syn. -- Conviction ; persuasion . -- Conviction respects soley matters of belief or faith; persuasion respects matters of belief or practice. Conviction respects our most important duties; persuasion is frequently applied to matters of indifference. Crabb. -- Conviction is the result of the [ operation of the] understanding; persuasion , of the will. Conviction is a necessity of the mind, persuasion an acquiescence of the inclination. C. J. Smith. -- Persuasion often induces men to act in opposition to their conviction of duty.

Convictism Con"vict·ism noun The policy or practice of transporting convicts to penal settlements. "The evils of convictism ." W. Howitt.

Convictive Con·vict"ive adjective Convincing. [ R.]

The best and most convictive argument.
Glanwill.

-- Con*vict"ive*ly , adverb -- Con*vict"ive*ness , noun

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