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.].
1685. Baxter, 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.
1745. Wesley, Answ. Ch., 35. Our Lord commanded those very Men who were then unconverted,… to do this in Remembrance of Him.
1825. Scott, Talism., viii. There is no doubt that the primitive Christians used the services of the unconverted heathen.
1865. B. North, Ourselves, 7. These are solemn statements, and surely they should make every unconverted man who hears them, Think.
transf. a. 1864. Ferrier, 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. 1657. Baxter, Treat. Conversion (title-p.), The lamentable State of the Unconverted.
1672. Alleine, Alarm, iv. 88. Some of the Unconverted carry their marks in their foreheads, more openly.
a. 1805. Paley, Serm. Several Subjects, vii. It has been usual to divide all mankind into two classes, the converted and the unconverted.
1828. Carlyle, Misc. (1837), 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.)
1884. V. R. Smith, in Law Times Rep., LI. 83/2. The premises … were taken improperly, and are therefore unconverted.
