Convert
[kən'vɜːt] or [kən'vɝt]
Definition
(noun.) a person who has been converted to another religious or political belief.
(verb.) change in nature, purpose, or function; undergo a chemical change; 'The substance converts to an acid'.
(verb.) change the nature, purpose, or function of something; 'convert lead into gold'; 'convert hotels into jails'; 'convert slaves to laborers'.
(verb.) change from one system to another or to a new plan or policy; 'We converted from 220 to 110 Volt'.
(verb.) change religious beliefs, or adopt a religious belief; 'She converted to Buddhism'.
(verb.) cause to adopt a new or different faith; 'The missionaries converted the Indian population'.
(verb.) make (someone) agree, understand, or realize the truth or validity of something; 'He had finally convinced several customers of the advantages of his product'.
(verb.) score (a spare) .
(verb.) complete successfully; 'score a penalty shot or free throw'.
(verb.) score an extra point or points after touchdown by kicking the ball through the uprights or advancing the ball into the end zone; 'Smith converted and his team won'.
Editor: Mary--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) To cause to turn; to turn.
(v. t.) 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.
(v. t.) 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.
(v. t.) 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.
(v. t.) To apply to any use by a diversion from the proper or intended use; to appropriate dishonestly or illegally.
(v. t.) To exchange for some specified equivalent; as, to convert goods into money.
(v. t.) To change (one proposition) into another, so that what was the subject of the first becomes the predicate of the second.
(v. t.) To turn into another language; to translate.
(v. i.) To be turned or changed in character or direction; to undergo a change, physically or morally.
(n.) 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.
(n.) 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.
Editor: Stu
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Transmute, transform, change.[2]. Interchange, transpose.[3]. Appropriate, apply.
Edited by Juanita
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Change, alter, transmute, transform, apply, appropriate, turn
ANT:Conserve, perpetuate, stabilitate,[See {Q1409 stereotype}?], clinch, alienate,divert, misappropriate, misapply
Checked by Evita
Definition
v.t. to change or turn from one thing condition or religion to another: to change from an irreligious to a holy life: to alter one thing into another: to apply to a particular purpose.—n. Con′vert one converted: one who has become religious or who has changed his religion.—adj. Con′verse reversed in order or relation.—n. that which is the opposite of another: a proposition converted or turned about—i.e. one in which the subject and predicate have changed places.—adv. Con′versely.—ns. Conver′sion change from one thing state or religion to another: (theol.) the conscious change of heart impelling the repentant sinner to a new life: appropriation to a special purpose: (logic) act of interchanging the terms of a proposition; Con′vertend the proposition to be converted; Convert′er one who converts: a vessel in which materials are changed from one condition to another; Convertibil′ity Convert′ibleness.—adjs. Convert′ible Conver′sive (obs.) that may be converted: equivalent.—adv. Convert′ibly.—n. Con′vertite a convert a reformed woman.
Editor: Nita
Examples
- He therefore concluded that the stored-up fat in the animal was then converted into cream, and that it was practicable, therefore, to convert beef fat into butter fat. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- From 10 to 15 minutes only are required to convert the living animal into dressed pork. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Assisted by a Persian convert, Muhammad had entrenched himself in Medina! H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- A convert to what? Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- But suppose they try to convert you! Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- In order to convert this intermittent discharge into a steady stream, an air chamber is installed near the discharge tube, as in Figure 135. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- We will convert him. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- I am quite an Infidel about it, and shall never be converted. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- He therefore concluded that the stored-up fat in the animal was then converted into cream, and that it was practicable, therefore, to convert beef fat into butter fat. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Tom seemed to think there was decidedly room for improvement in me, and seemed very earnest that I should be converted. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Put up 'A Voice from the Flames,' 'A Trumpet-warning to Jericho,' and the 'Fleshpots Broken; or, the Converted Cannibal. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- The scantlings of the Marquis of Worcester were now being converted into complete structures. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- He proposed in the recess--in the room that used to be a picture-gallery--that Sir Monckton converted into it saloon? Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The important changes made from that time up to 1890 converted the phonograph from a scientific toy into a successful industrial apparatus. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- For converting the grain into flour, the inventors of the Nineteenth Century have made revolutionary changes. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Ah, but I don't suppose that: haven't I told you that your genius lies in converting impulses into intentions? Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- The pious purpose of converting them to Christianity sanctified the injustice of the project. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The process of converting the precious metals into coins is an interesting one. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The strong-minded Lady Southdown quite agreed in both proposals of her son-in-law, and was for converting Miss Crawley off-hand. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- We then went to the dynamo-room, where I pointed out the machines converting the steam-power into electricity, appearing later in the form of light in the lamps. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- We had thought of converting it into a studio. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Brahminism had long since ousted Buddhism from India, but the converts to Islam were still but a small ruling minority in the land. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- This boyish notion won no converts, and at the age of eighteen he went on a lecture tour on chemistry, under the dignified title of Dr. Coult. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- In both engine and turbine the real source of power is not the steam but the fuel, such as coal or oil, which converts the water into steam. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Islam had made millions of converts, and had digested those millions very imperfectly. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Few of these were armed otherwise than with such rustic weapons as necessity sometimes converts to military purposes. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Somewhen about A.D. 270 Mani came back to Ctesiphon and made many converts. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- They greedily imbibed this belief; and their over-weening credulity even rendered them eager to make converts to the same faith. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
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