[v. kuh
n-vurt; n. kon-vurt] 
| 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.
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| 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. |
| 14. | to become converted. |
| 15. | Football. to make a conversion. |
| 16. | one who has been converted, as to a religion or opinion. |
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