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CONVERSION, n. L. See Convert.
1. In a general sense, a turning or change from one state to another with regard to substances, transmutation as a conversion of water into ice, or of food into chyle or blood.
2. In military affairs, a change of front, as when a body of troops is attacked in the flank, and they change their position to face the enemy.
3. In a theological or moral sense, a change of heart, or dispositions, in which the enmity of the heart to God and his law and the obstinacy of the will are subdued, and are succeeded by supreme love to God and his moral government, and a reformation of life.
4. Change from one side or party to another.
That conversion will be suspected that apparently concurs with interest.
5. A change from one religion to another as the conversion of the Gentiles. Acts 15 .
6. The act of appropriating to private use as in trover and conversion.
Conversion of equations, in algebra, the reduction of equations by multiplication, or the manner of altering an equation, when the quantity sought or any member of it is a fraction the reducing of a fractional equation into an integral one.
Conversion of propositions, in logic, is a changing of the subject into the place of the predicate, and still retaining the quality of the proposition.
Conversion of the ratios, in arithmetic, is the comparing of the antecedent with the difference of the antecedent and consequent, in two equal ratios or proportions.
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Dictionary of Words from the King James Bible. Public Domain. Copy freely.
Material presented was supplied by Brandon Staggs and was derived from the KJV Dictionary found on his website located at av1611.com.
The unabridged 1828 version of this dictionary in the SwordSearcher Bible Software.
Dictionary of Words from the King James Bible. Public Domain. Copy freely.
Material presented was supplied by Brandon Staggs and was derived from the KJV Dictionary found on his website located at av1611.com.
The unabridged 1828 version of this dictionary in the SwordSearcher Bible Software.
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Entry for 'Conversion'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/kjd/c/conversion.html.
