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v. t.) To change the form, quality, aspect, or effect of; to alter; to metamorphose; to convert; to transform; -- often with to or into before the word denoting the effect or product of the change; as, to turn a worm into a winged insect; to turn green to blue; to turn prose into verse; to turn a Whig to a Tory, or a Hindu to a Christian; to turn good to evil, and the like.
v. t.) To sicken; to nauseate; as, an emetic turns one's stomach.

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v. t.) To sicken; to nauseate; as, an emetic turns one's stomach.