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Converted

adjective

1.

Spiritually reborn or converted. Synonyms: born-again, reborn.

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.

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"Converted" Quotes from Famous Books

... provisional army was now at once begun. Washington accepted the chief command on condition that Hamilton should have the second place. There were already a few vessels in the navy. A Navy Department was now organized. The building of more warships was begun, and merchant vessels were bought and converted into cruisers. French privateers sailed along the American coasts and captured American vessels off the entrances of the principal harbors. But this did not last long. For the American warships drove the privateers to the West ...

— A Short History of the United States • Edward Channing

... and the author of the "Continuation" refers to the circumstance as a proof that the King had long entertained a strong feeling on the subject. Unhappily it proves only the utter insincerity of all the King's later professions. If he had pretended to be converted to the doctrines of toleration after his accession to the throne, some credit might have been due to him. But we know most certainly that, in 1679, and long after that year, James was a most bloody and remorseless persecutor. After 1679, he was placed at the ...

— Critical and Historical Essays Volume 1 • Thomas Babington Macaulay

... Ballarat. Before the government could take any steps for suppressing it the news had spread and the excitement began. The stories were greatly exaggerated, and many people came here believing that they had only to shovel the gold from the ground into barrels and boxes, and send it away to be converted into coin. That was the beginning of the gold rush, and a rush it was, ...

— The Land of the Kangaroo - Adventures of Two Youths in a Journey through the Great Island Continent • Thomas Wallace Knox

... and Iphigenia," has told the story of a clown converted into a gentleman by the power of love, in a way that shows traces of kindred to the old story of Galatea and ...

— Bulfinch's Mythology • Thomas Bulfinch

... circumference of the pipe. A larger hole in the side of the can sufficed for a door and he squeezed the end of the exhaust pipe into the hole he had made for it, and presto! there was a very serviceable makeshift stove with the exhaust system of the engine converted into a draught ...

— Tom Slade at Temple Camp • Percy K. Fitzhugh

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