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unconˈverted, ppl. a.
[un-1 8 and 5 b.]
1. That has not been brought over to a religious faith or profession; not changed from one faith or opinion to another.
1648[see unconfound v.]. 1685Baxter Paraphr. N.T. Matt. xxv. 7 Self-love, and fear, will make them cry for Mercy, with some kind of Repentance, though they be unconverted. 1745Wesley Answ. Ch. 35 Our Lord commanded those very Men who were then unconverted,..to do this in Remembrance of Him. 1825Scott Talism. viii, There is no doubt that the primitive Christians used the services of the unconverted heathen. 1865B. North Ourselves 7 These are solemn statements, and surely they should make every unconverted man who hears them, Think.
transf.a1864Ferrier Grk. Philos. (1866) I. xii. 340 The ignorant and unconverted soul supposes that its knowledge of sensible objects is due to the impressions which it receives.
absol.1657Baxter Treat. Conversion (title-p.), The lamentable State of the Unconverted. 1672J. Alleine Alarm iv. 88 Some of the Unconverted carry their marks in their fore⁓heads, more openly. a1805Paley Serm. Several Subjects vii, It has been usual to divide all mankind into two classes, the converted and the unconverted. 1828Carlyle Misc. (1857) I. 239 They are in the camp of the Unconverted.
2. ‘Not turned or changed from one form to another’ (Webster, 1828–32).
3. Law. (See convert v. 15.)
1884V. R. Smith in Law Times Rep. LI. 83/2 The premises..were taken improperly, and are therefore unconverted. |