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Show CO s f e n c o f 3. [In geome o / e n c t b t i f propofition i That fear, to hate l n c i a d t "another, when, a b e b h a w f p u : proceed to { a w i o f a d t a concluded Co'~VERT. #. /. [from the verb.] perfon converted from one opinion o one pratice to another Thus, if two fide o e g a t l u e of a triangle b t i a t i i i o conwerfe of the pro d f t l u e b l n i t o angle Chriftianit according t Let us no Chriftianit gion l u e f a a e g a o t t oppofit r b a C Wit in a contrar of order chang converje [ fro adv t i a f o o f 1. Cha tranfmutation r w t i e i t i t w o o f e n c a c Attif and this of air may be tried by Bacon month's fpace Thoug Aés, xV. 4 as #0 wirtue is vice5 1o Vice i . Chambers . wirtue r b g a i s o t u E o O S E N C £ CoNVE RSIVE. adj. [from converfe.] Con k k tranfmute mi i Burnet - ter about the earth 2. To change from one religion to another Auguftine is converted by St. Ambrofe's fermon when he came to it on no fuch defign. .Hammond 3. To turn from a bad to a good life He which converteth the finner from the errou of his way, fhall fave a foul from death, and fhal Famess V. 20 ~hide 2 multitude of fins Then will I teach tranfgreflors thy ways, an finners fhall be ¢conwerted unto thee, Pfalm lis 13 4. To turn towards any point Cryftal will callify into eleétricity the needle freely placed an conwer Brown's Vulgar Ervours 5. To apply to any ufe ; to appropriate ~ The abundance of the fea fhall be converted unt ‘thee, the forces of the Gentile fhall come unt Jfaiah, 1x. 5 thee He acquitted himfelf not like an honéft man for he converted the prizes to his own ufe Arbuthnot on Coins 6. To change one propofition into another fo that what was the {ubjet of the firf becomes the predicate of the fecond The papifts cannot abide this propofition conwerted: all fin is a tranfgreflion of the law; bu every tranfgreflion of the law is fin. The apoftle therefore turns it for us = all unrighteoufnefs, fay he, is fin; but every tranfgreffion of the law i unrighteoufnefs, fays Auftin, upon the place. Hale T Conve'RT @ 7 T - change; tg be tranimuted opinion underg a CoNVEX0-CONCAVE.adj. Having the hollow on the infide correfponding to th external protuberance tranfmutabl Thefe are the phenomena of thick convexoconcawe plates of glafs which are every where o Newton the fame thicknefs 7> CONVE'Y. w. a. [convebo, Latin. 1. 'To carry; to tranfport from one plac Let letters be given me to the governmours beyond the river, that they may conwey me over til 1 will corvey them by fea, in floats, unto th 1 Kings; Ve g place thou fhalt appoint me 2. To hand from one to anether A divin down without any plain, natural rul or divin Locke 3. To remove fecretly There was one conveyed out of my houfe yefter day in this bafket. Shak. Merry Wiwes of Windfor 4. To bring any thing, as an inftrumen of tranfmiffion 3 to tranfmit Since there appears not to be any idea mind, before the fenfes have conweyed an conceive that ideas in the underftanding ar with fenfation CO'NVEX. adj. [convexus, Latin.] Rifin in th in, coeva Locke To transfer ; to deliver to another. The earl of Defmond, before his breaking fort into rebellion, conveyed fecretly all his lands t feoffees in truft in a circular form; oppofite to concave Spenfer Adam's property or private dominion could no conwey any fovereignty or rule to his heir, who, no having a right to inherit all his father's poffeflions ' could not thereby come to have any fovereignt Locke over his brethren It is the duty of a painter, even in this alfo, t imitate the conwex mirrour, and to place nothin Dryden's Dufrefnoy __An orb or ball round its own axis whirl Will not the motion to a diftance hur ‘Whatever duft or fand you on it place And drops of water from its convex face 6. To impart, by means of fomething. Men fill one another's heads. with noife and founds, but conwey. not thereby: their thoughts Locke Blackmore on the Creation. body natural right could not be conveye concerning it Not in ufe 7. /. A conve Neh. iie 7 I come into Judea Since you are a gentle conwertite My tongue fhall huth again this ftorm of war Shakefpeare's King Fobn Nor would I be a conwertite fo cold Donne As not to tell it Co'nvEx to another it be not the real eflence of any fub which glares at the border of his picture Sphe roidical protuberance ; convexity A convert; one converted from anothe If the whole atmofphere was ‘converted into wa. ter, it would make no more than eleven yards wa convex, not only pe CoNVE'XNESs. 7. /- [from convex. . nc Fr rt nv [c / # s i r y r c t nc ft fu th an in 1. To chang tharp, are convexl ambitum, but between both ends. Grew's Mufeun There never was any perfon ungrateful, who wa not alfo proud; nor, conwertibly, any one proud who was not equally ungrateful. South's Sermons Latin. all, both blunt an conical; they are all alon ConVE'RTIBLY. adv. [from conwvertible. Reciproeally ; withinterchange of terms into ar integral one verfable ; fociable - 5 CONVERT. @. a. [converto convex form Almof In adv. [from convex. ConvE'XLY upon our werfhip to be idolatrous as well as that o the Papifts; and put prelacy and popery together Swift as terms conwertible is the reducing of a frational equatio Bentley earth ftance, it is the fpecifick eflence, to which ou Locke name belongs, and is conwvertible with it Many, that call themfelves Proteftants, loo 4. The interchange of terms in an argu- dif fo as to conven i gfi ue lea dr hu ct obj l lit an opak would do us little fervice; it would be terminate ef lar th i or ds wo an hil in ou gh ne b and eveneft plain, by the very convexity of th 2. So much alike as that one may be ufe for the other and Samaria, de fooner ha gla th i eye th o to bo th a tl tin Newton's Opticks a due degree of convexity If the eye were fo piercing as to defcry eve Minerals are not conwertible into another fpecies though of the fame gerus; nor reducible into anHarwey other genus The gall is not an alkali ; but it is alkalefcent conceptible and convertible into a corrofive alkali Arbutbnot on Aliments 2. Change from reprobation to grace " from a bad to a holy life 3. Change from one religion to another ment Convex glaffes fupply the defet of plumpnef in the eye, and, by increafing the refraction, mak the rays converg capable of tranfmutation i r h o a in r n m an t m on o n werfi the earth, as many have fancied Woodward's Natural Hiffory The conwerfion of the aliment into fat, is ‘no Arbuthnot on Aliments propexly nutrition claring the conwerfion of the Gentiles berance in a circular form of that fchool interpreted Holy Wri Locke that philofophy imagine that the firft conwerts only o were concerned to defend their reliRogers 1. Sufceptible of change nc a n i a a g r t n c f n a e T They pafled through Phenic Conve'X1TY. 2 /. [from convex.] Protu Conve'RTER. 7z /. [from convert.] On that makes converts ConNvERTIBI'LITY. 7 /. [from convertible.] 'The quality of being poffible t be converted CoNVE'RTIBLE. adj. [from conwert. " order; reciprocally n t L i r v o [ / 7 C of a few hours Brown's Vulgar Errours The Jefuits did not perfuade the converss to la Stilling fleet's Defenc afide the ufe of images of Difcourfe on Rom. Idol When Platonifm prevailed, the conwerss t t u e f a a d f pofite to ‘thof Conve'RsELY yet the dolphin, that carrieth Arion, is concavoufl inverted, and hath its fpine deprefled Shakefpeare's Richard 11 They rub out of it a red duft which conwertet into worms, which they kill with wine Sandys's Trawels had been fuppofed il They be drawn conziexedly crooked in one piece The love of wicked friends conwerts to fear w e o o p r f Gion from fomethin for b CO CO That which ufes to produce tite idea, though conveyed In by the ufual organ, not being taken a bod {welling externally into a circular form Locke notice of, there follows no fenfation Some fingle imperceptible bodies muft com from them to the eyes, and thereby conwey to th A comet draws a long extended blaze From eaft to weft burns thro' th' ethereal frame And half heav'n's conwex glitters with the flame Tickel brain fome motion which produces thofe ideas Lockes They give energy to our expreflions, and conve our thoughts in,more ardent and intenfe phrafes, than any in our own tongue. = Addifor's Spectator ConVE'XED. particip. adj. {from convex.] Formed convex; protuberant in a circular form . ‘7 ar T uc im ro t in Dolphins are ftraight; nor have they their fpin conwexed; or more confiderably embowed tha either tharks, porpoifes, whales, or other cetaceou . Brown's Vulgar Errours anjmals Cox VE XEDLY. adv. [from convexed. 2 convex form In ‘What obfcured light the heav'ns did grant, Did but coney. unto our fearful mind A doubtful warrant of immediate death Shakefpeare's Comedy of Ervours Others conwey themfelvesinto the mind by mor fenfes than.ons. Lockes 8' T |