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con⋅vert

1  [v. kuhn-vurt; n. kon-vurt]
Use convert in a Sentence
–verb (used with object)
1. to change (something) into a different form or properties; transmute; transform.
2. to cause to adopt a different religion, political doctrine, opinion, etc.: to convert the heathen.
3. to turn to another or a particular use or purpose; divert from the original or intended use: They converted the study into a nursery for the baby.
4. to modify (something) so as to serve a different function: to convert an automobile factory to the manufacture of tanks.
5. to obtain an equivalent value for in an exchange or calculation, as money or units of measurement: to convert bank notes into gold; to convert yards into meters.
6. Finance. to exchange voluntarily (a bond or preferred stock) into another security, usually common stock, because of the greater value of the latter.
7. to change in character; cause to turn from an evil life to a righteous one: to convert a criminal.
8. Chemistry. to cause (a substance) to undergo a chemical change: to convert sugar into alcohol.
9. to invert or transpose.
10. Law.
a. to assume unlawful rights of ownership of (personal property).
b. to change the form of (property), as from realty to personalty or vice versa.
11. to appropriate wrongfully to one's own use.
12. Logic. to transpose the subject and predicate of (a proposition) by conversion.
13. Computers. to subject to conversion.
–verb (used without object)
14. to become converted.
15. Football. to make a conversion.
–noun
16. one who has been converted, as to a religion or opinion.
Origin:
1250–1300; ME converten < L convertere to change completely, equiv. to con- con- + vertere to turn round (see verse ); convert (n.) r. converse, ME convers (< AF) < L; see converse 2

Related forms:
con⋅ver⋅tive, adjective

Synonyms:
1. See transform. 2. proselytize. 16. proselyte, neophyte, disciple.

con⋅vert

2  [kon-vurt]
–noun Informal.
1. a convertible automobile.
2. a convertible bond.
Origin:
by shortening of convertible
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con·vert   (kən-vûrt')   
v.   con·vert·ed, con·vert·ing, con·verts

v.   tr.
  1. To change (something) into another form, substance, state, or product; transform: convert water into ice.
  2. To change (something) from one use, function, or purpose to another; adapt to a new or different purpose: convert a forest into farmland.
  3. To persuade or induce to adopt a particular religion, faith, or belief: convert pagans to Christianity; was converted to pacifism by the war.
  4. To exchange for something of equal value: convert assets into cash.
  5. To exchange (a security, for example) by substituting an equivalent of another form.
  6. To express (a quantity) in alternative units: converting feet into meters.
  7. Logic To transform (a proposition) by conversion.
  8. Law
    1. To appropriate (another's property) without right to one's own use.
    2. To change (property) from real to personal or from joint to separate or vice versa.
    3. To complete (a conversion, penalty shot, or free throw) successfully.
    4. To score (a spare) in bowling.
  9. Sports
    1. To complete (a conversion, penalty shot, or free throw) successfully.
    2. To score (a spare) in bowling.
v.   intr.
  1. To undergo a conversion: We converted to Islam several years ago.
  2. To be converted: a sofa that converts into a bed; arms factories converting to peacetime production.
    1. Football To make a conversion.
    2. Sports To shoot and score a goal, especially immediately after receiving a pass or gaining control of a rebound.
n.   (kŏn'vûrt')
One who has been converted, especially from one religion or belief to another.

[Middle English converten, from Old French convertir, from Latin convertere, to turn around : com-, intensive pref.; see com- + vertere, to turn; see wer-2 in Indo-European roots.]
Synonyms: These verbs mean to change into a different form, substance, or state: convert stocks into cash; misery that was metamorphosed into happiness; a gangling adolescent who was transfigured into a handsome adult; transformed the bare stage into an enchanted forest; a boom that transmogrified the sleepy town into a bustling city; impossible to transmute lead into gold.
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Convert

Con*vert"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Converted; p. pr. & vb. n. Converting.] [L. convertere, -versum; con- + vertere to turn: cf. F. convertir. See Verse.]

1. To cause to turn; to turn. [Obs.]

O, which way shall I first convert myself? --B. Jonson.

2. 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.

If the whole atmosphere were converted into water. --T. Burnet.

That still lessens The sorrow, and converts it nigh to joy. --Milton.

3. 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.

No attempt was made to convert the Moslems. --Prescott.

4. 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.

He which converteth the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death. --Lames v. 20.

5. To apply to any use by a diversion from the proper or intended use; to appropriate dishonestly or illegally.

When a bystander took a coin to get it changed, and converted it, [it was] held no larceny. --Cooley.

6. To exchange for some specified equivalent; as, to convert goods into money.

7. (Logic) To change (one proposition) into another, so that what was the subject of the first becomes the predicate of the second.

8. To turn into another language; to translate. [Obs.]

Which story . . . Catullus more elegantly converted. --B. Jonson.

Converted guns, cast-iron guns lined with wrought-iron or steel tubes. --Farrow.

Converting furnace (Steel Manuf.), a furnace in which wrought iron is converted into steel by cementation.

Syn: To change; turn; transmute; appropriate.

Convert

Con*vert"\, v. i. To be turned or changed in character or direction; to undergo a change, physically or morally.

If Nebo had had the preaching that thou hast, they [the Neboites] would have converted. --Latimer.

A red dust which converth into worms. --Sandys.

The public hope And eye to thee converting. --Thomson.

Convert

Con"vert\, n. 1. 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.

The Jesuits did not persuade the converts to lay aside the use of images. --Bp. Stillingfleet.

2. 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.

Syn: Proselyte; neophyte.

Usage: Convert, Proselyte, Pervert. A convert is one who turns from what he believes to have been a decided error of faith or practice. Such a change may relate to religion, politics, or other subjects. properly considered, it is not confined to speculation alone, but affects the whole current of one's feelings and the tenor of his actions. As such a change carries with it the appearance of sincerity, the term convert is usually taken in a good sense. Proselyte is a term of more ambiguous use and application. It was first applied to an adherent of one religious system who had transferred himself externally to some other religious system; and is also applied to one who makes a similar transfer in respect to systems of philosophy or speculation. The term has little or no reference to the state of the heart. Pervert is a term of recent origin, designed to express the contrary of convert, and to stigmatize a person as drawn off perverted from the true faith. It has been more particulary applied by members of the Church of England to those who have joined the Roman Catholic Church.
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Language Translation for : convert
Spanish: convertir, transformar,
German: umwandeln,
Japanese: 変える
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convert  (v.)
c.1300, from O.Fr. convertir, from L. convertere "turn around, transform," from com- "together" + vertere "to turn" (see versus). Originally in the religious sense. The L. word is glossed in O.E. by gecyrren, from cierran "to turn, return." Convertible is from 1385; of cars, 1916, Amer.Eng.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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convert

To exchange one security for a different security. For example, the owner of a convertible bond can choose to submit the bond to the issuer for conversion into a specified number of shares of stock.

Wall Street Words: An A to Z Guide to Investment Terms by David L. Scott.
Copyright © 2003. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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Main Entry: con·vert
Pronunciation: k&n-'v&rt
Function: transitive verb
1 a : to change from one form or use to another b : to exchange (property) for another esp. of a different kind converted —Internal Revenue Code>; especially : to exercise the right of conversion by exchanging (preferred shares or bonds) for common stock
2 : to appropriate (another's property) by conversion converted the goods to his own use> —see also EMBEZZLE —con·vert·er noun —con·ver·ti·ble /k&n-'v&r-t&-b&l/ adjective
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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CONVERT language
1. (Or "REC", "Regular Expression Converter") A string processing language that combined the pattern matching and transformation operations of COMIT with the recursive data structures of Lisp.
["Convert", A. Guzman et al, CACM 9(8):604-615, Aug 1966].
2. An early language to convert programs and data from one language to another.
["CONVERT Manual", OLI Systems Inc, Oct 1976].
(2007-02-05)

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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