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Convert   /kˈɑnvərt/  /kənvˈərt/   Listen
Convert

verb
(past & past part. converted; pres. part. converting)
1.
Change from one system to another or to a new plan or policy.  Synonym: change over.
2.
Change the nature, purpose, or function of something.  "Convert hotels into jails" , "Convert slaves to laborers"
3.
Change religious beliefs, or adopt a religious belief.
4.
Exchange or replace with another, usually of the same kind or category.  Synonyms: change, commute, exchange.  "He changed his name" , "Convert centimeters into inches" , "Convert holdings into shares"
5.
Cause to adopt a new or different faith.
6.
Score an extra point or points after touchdown by kicking the ball through the uprights or advancing the ball into the end zone.
7.
Complete successfully.
8.
Score (a spare).
9.
Make (someone) agree, understand, or realize the truth or validity of something.  Synonyms: convince, win over.
10.
Exchange a penalty for a less severe one.  Synonyms: commute, exchange.
11.
Change in nature, purpose, or function; undergo a chemical change.
noun
1.
A person who has been converted to another religious or political belief.



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"Convert" Quotes from Famous Books



... of it upon demand; for I intend to keep it by me, as a guard against the infection of your company, which might otherwise, perhaps, some time hence, be apt to weaken the impressions I always desire to have of the awful scene before me. God convert ...
— Clarissa, Or The History Of A Young Lady, Volume 8 • Samuel Richardson
... god of Delphi! oh! Phoebus Apollo! convert into the greatest blessing for us all what is now happening before this house, and cure us of our error, ...
— The Eleven Comedies - Vol. I • Aristophanes et al
... that form. I am merely anxious not to draw definite conclusions from the facts which the facts do not positively prove. I am strongly in favor of fermenting manure, and should be glad to have it shown that fermentation does actually convert insoluble phosphates into ...
— Talks on Manures • Joseph Harris
... our country today. This great Nation will endure as it has endured, will revive and will prosper. So, first of all, let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself—nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance. In every dark hour of our national life a leadership of frankness and vigor has met with that understanding and support of the people themselves which is essential to victory. I am convinced that you will again give that support to ...
— United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches - From Washington to George W. Bush • Various
... Conviction, were it never so excellent, is worthless till it convert itself into Conduct. Nay properly Conviction is not possible till then; inasmuch as all Speculation is by nature endless, formless, a vortex amid vortices: only by a felt indubitable certainty of Experience does it find any centre to revolve ...
— Sartor Resartus, and On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History • Thomas Carlyle


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