Convert Definition

kən-vûrt

converted, converting, converts

verb

converted, converting, converts

To change from one form or use to another; transform.

Convert grain into flour.

Webster's New World

To cause to change as from one religion, doctrine, or course to another.

Webster's New World

To persuade or induce to adopt a particular religion, faith, or belief.

Convert pagans to Christianity; was converted to pacifism by the war.

American Heritage

To exchange for something equal in value.

Webster's New World

To exchange (preferred stock, bonds, etc.) for another kind or class of security, esp. common stock.

Webster's New World

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noun

converts

A person converted, as to a religion.

Webster's New World

A person who is now in favour of something that he or she previously opposed or disliked.

I never really liked broccoli before, but now that I've tasted it the way you cook it, I'm a convert!

Wiktionary

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Other Word Forms of Convert

Singular:

convert

Plural:

Middle English converten from Old French convertir from Latin convertere to turn around com- intensive pref. com– vertere to turn wer-² in Indo-European roots

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Old French convertir, from Latin converto (“turn around”)

From Wiktionary