Convert

In AV c. is used once intransitively, Is 6'" ' lest they see with their eyes . . and con- vert and be healed' (RV 'turn again'). Cf. Wyclif's tr. of Jn 1'^ (1382) ' Sothli Ihesu convertid and sejTige hem suwynge him, seith to hem, What seken ve ? ' The most frequent meaning of c. in early Lng. (and in AV) is simply to turn {e.g. Is 60") ; but the mod. use was known, as Shaks. Merck, of Ven. IIL v. 37 : ' in converting Jews to Christians you raise the price of pork.'

In Ps23^ for AV ' he restoreth my soul,' Douay reads 'he hath conuerted my soule,' with the remark, 'which is the first justification.' See Conversion. J. Hastings.