convert

The definition of a convert is a person who has come around to a new way of thinking or who has been persuaded to change his religion or beliefs.

(noun)

An example of a convert is a person who joins a cult and abandons his old religious beliefs.

To convert is to change, to cause someone or something to change, or to alter your beliefs.

(verb)

An example of convert is when you buy a single family house and break it up into apartments.
An example of convert is when you convince someone to change from Catholic to Protestant.
An example of convert is when you exchange dollars into Euros.
An example of convert is when you change your religion from Catholic to Protestant.

See convert in Webster's New World College Dictionary

transitive verb

to change from one form or use to another; transform: convert grain into flour
to cause to change as from one religion, doctrine, or course to another
to exchange for something equal in value
Finance
1. to exchange (preferred stock, bonds, etc.) for another kind or class of security, esp. common stock
2. to exchange (a currency) for an equivalent amount of another currency or precious metal
Football, Rugby to make (the extra point or points of a conversion) after a touchdown or try
Law
1. to appropriate or use (another's property) by conversion (sense )
2. to change (property) from real to personal, or the reverse
Logic to change (a proposition) by conversion

Origin: ME converten < OFr convertir < L convertere < com-, together + vertere, to turn: see verse

intransitive verb

to be converted
☆ Bowling to knock down all of the standing pins on the second bowl, scoring a spare
☆ Football, Rugby to make a conversion

noun

a person converted, as to a religion

See convert in American Heritage Dictionary 4

verb con·vert·ed, con·vert·ing, con·verts

verb, transitive

To change (something) into another form, substance, state, or product; transform: convert water into ice.
To change (something) from one use, function, or purpose to another; adapt to a new or different purpose: convert a forest into farmland.
To persuade or induce to adopt a particular religion, faith, or belief: convert pagans to Christianity; was converted to pacifism by the war.
To exchange for something of equal value: convert assets into cash.
To exchange (a security, for example) by substituting an equivalent of another form.
To express (a quantity) in alternative units: converting feet into meters.
Logic To transform (a proposition) by conversion.
Law
a. To appropriate (another's property) without right to one's own use.
b. To change (property) from real to personal or from joint to separate or vice versa.
Sports
a. To complete (a conversion, penalty shot, or free throw) successfully.
b. To score (a spare) in bowling.

verb, intransitive

To undergo a conversion: We converted to Islam several years ago.
To be converted: a sofa that converts into a bed; arms factories converting to peacetime production.
a. Football To make a conversion.
b. Sports To shoot and score a goal, especially immediately after receiving a pass or gaining control of a rebound.

noun (kŏnˈvûrtˌ)

One who has been converted, especially from one religion or belief to another.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English converten

Origin: , from Old French convertir

Origin: , from Latin convertere, to turn around

Origin: : com-, intensive pref.; see com-

Origin: + vertere, to turn; see wer-² in Indo-European roots

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