converted

[ kuh n-vur-tid ]

/ kənˈvɜr tɪd /

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adjective

noting a specified type of person who has been converted from the religion, beliefs, or attitudes characteristic of that type: a converted Christian; a converted thief.

noting anything, formerly of the type specified, that has been converted to something else: His yacht is a converted destroyer escort.

Origin of converted

First recorded in 1585–95; convert¹ + -ed²

OTHER WORDS FROM converted

qua·si-con·vert·ed, adjective un·con·vert·ed, adjective

Words nearby converted

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Definition for converted (2 of 2)

convert ¹

[ verb kuh n-vurt; noun kon-vurt ]

/ verb kənˈvɜrt; noun ˈkɒn vɜrt /

verb (used with object)

to change (something) into a different form or properties; transmute; transform.

to cause to adopt a different religion, political doctrine, opinion, etc.: to convert the heathen.

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.

to modify (something) so as to serve a different function: to convert an automobile factory to the manufacture of tanks.

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.

Finance. to exchange voluntarily (a bond or preferred stock) into another security, usually common stock, because of the greater value of the latter.

to change in character; cause to turn from an evil life to a righteous one: to convert a criminal.

Chemistry. to cause (a substance) to undergo a chemical change: to convert sugar into alcohol.

to invert or transpose.

Law.

to assume unlawful rights of ownership of (personal property).
to change the form of (property), as from realty to personalty or vice versa.

to appropriate wrongfully to one's own use.

Logic. to transpose the subject and predicate of (a proposition) by conversion.

Computers. to subject to conversion.

verb (used without object)

to become converted.

Football. to make a conversion.

noun

one who has been converted, as to a religion or opinion.

Origin of convert

1250–1300; Middle English converten < Latin convertere to change completely, equivalent to con- con- + vertere to turn round (see verse); convert (noun) replacing converse, Middle English convers (< Anglo-French) < Latin; see converse²

SYNONYMS FOR convert

1 See transform.

2 proselytize.

16 proselyte, neophyte, disciple.

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OTHER WORDS FROM convert

con·ver·tive, adjective

Example sentences from the Web for converted

Keopuolani converted on her deathbed in 1823, instructing her son Kamehameha II to protect the missionaries.

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When Vreeland first converted to Buddhism, the world he joined was completely sealed.

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Importantly, as part of the interim plan, Iran has diluted or converted its stockpile of 20 percent enriched uranium.

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Hauchard converted to Islam in high school at 17, and is said to have suddenly begun wearing a beard and djellaba.

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Her hyperrealist paintings are so powerful that they converted her atheist parents to Christians.

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He was the son of a weaver, himself a shoemaker, and was "converted" before the age of 20.

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The room in which the Emperor died is sealed and walled up, and the palace is now converted into a school of engineers.

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By this any free sulphur would be converted into a soluble sulphate of Potassium.

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Puritanism seems to suggest that those who have been “converted” are actually perfect.

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Occasionally this neck of land has been broken through or overflowed, and the peninsula has then been converted into an island.

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British Dictionary definitions for converted

convert

verb (kənˈvɜːt) (mainly tr)

to change or adapt the form, character, or function of; transform

to cause (someone) to change in opinion, belief, etc

to change (a person or his way of life, etc) for the better

(intr) to admit of being changed (into) the table converts into a tray

(also intr) to change or be changed into another chemical compound or physical state to convert water into ice

law

to assume unlawful proprietary rights over (personal property)
to change (property) from realty into personalty or vice versa

(also intr) rugby to make a conversion after (a try)

logic to transpose the subject and predicate of (a proposition) by conversion

to change (a value or measurement) from one system of units to another

to exchange (a security or bond) for something of equivalent value

noun (ˈkɒnvɜːt)

a person who has been converted to another belief, religion, etc

Derived forms of convert

convertive, adjective

Word Origin for convert

C13: from Old French convertir, from Latin convertere to turn around, alter, transform, from vertere to turn

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verb (kənˈvɜːt) (mainly tr)

noun (ˈkɒnvɜːt)

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verb (kənˈvɜːt) (mainly tr)

noun (ˈkɒnvɜːt)

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