verb

change the form, character, or function of something.

modernization has converted the country from a primitive society to a near-industrial one

change,turn,transform,metamorphose,transfigure,transmute,translate,transmogrify,permute,adapt,rework,recast,reshape,refashion,remodel,remould,rehash

noun

a person who has been persuaded to change their religious faith or other belief.

he is a recent convert to the Church

proselyte,neophyte,new believer,catechumen