Convert
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- (FIGURATIVE) នាំឲ្យបោះបង់, បែរ, ងាក
▪ convert (a sinner) ញ៉ាំងឱ្យផ្លាស់សាសនា
▪ convert (sugar to alcohol) ផ្លាស់ជា, ប្រែប្រួល
noun
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- ~ (to something) (a person converted, as to a religion) មនុស្សផ្លាស់សាសនាលទ្ធិ ។ល។
verb — past tense: converted ; past participle: converted ; present participle: converting ;
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- (TRANSITIVE) ~ (something) (from something) (into to something) (to change from one form or use or character to another, to bo able to be changed, to change; to change form one belief, religion, etc. to another) ដូរ, ផ្លាស់, បរិវត្ដ, ញ៉ាំងឲ្យជឿ ឬឲ្យផ្លាស់សាសនា, ញ៉ាំងឲ្យផ្លាស់គំនិត ឬឲ្យផ្លាស់សានា, ញ៉ាំងឲ្យប្រតិបត្ដសាសនាឡើងវិញ, ញ៉ាំងឲ្យផ្លាស់គំនិតឬផ្លាស់មតិ, ប្ដូរ, ផ្ទេរ (រង្វាស់រង្វាល់)
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- (បច្ចេកទេស) ផ្លាស់ប្តូរ, ដូរប្រាក់
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- (INTRANSITIVE) ~ into to something ~ (somebody) (from something) (to something) (to be converted) ផ្លាស់សាសនាលទ្ធិ ។ល។
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- បំបែរ, បង្វែងដាន
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
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- 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.
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- 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.
verb — past tense: converted ; past participle: converted ; present participle: converting ;
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- (TRANSITIVE) To cause to turn; to turn.
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- (TRANSITIVE) 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.
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- (TRANSITIVE) 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.
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- (TRANSITIVE) 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.
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- (TRANSITIVE) To apply to any use by a diversion from the proper or intended use; to appropriate dishonestly or illegally.
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- (TRANSITIVE) To exchange for some specified equivalent; as, to convert goods into money.
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- (TRANSITIVE) To change (one proposition) into another, so that what was the subject of the first becomes the predicate of the second.
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- (TRANSITIVE) To turn into another language; to translate.
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- (INTRANSITIVE) To be turned or changed in character or direction; to undergo a change, physically or morally.
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- exchange, substitute
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- alter, change, modify, shift, transform, vary
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- retain
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- continue, establish, preserve, settle, stabilize