convert

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[ verb kuh n-vurt; noun kon-vurt ]
/ verb kənˈvɜrt; noun ˈkɒn vɜrt /

verb (used with object)

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

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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.

OTHER WORDS FROM convert

con·ver·tive, adjective

Definition for convert (2 of 2)

convert 2
[ kon-vurt ]
/ ˈkɒn vɜrt /

noun Informal.

a convertible automobile.

Origin of convert

2
by shortening of convertible

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British Dictionary definitions for convert

convert

verb (kənˈvɜːt) (mainly tr)

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