CONVERT
\kənvˈɜːt], \kənvˈɜːt], \k_ə_n_v_ˈɜː_t]\
Definitions of CONVERT
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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change from one system to another or to a new plan or policy; "We converted from 220 to 110 Volt"
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change the nature, purpose, or function of something; "convert lead into gold"; "convert hotels into jails"; "convert slaves to laborers"
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change religious beliefs, or adopt a religious belief; "She converted to Buddhism"
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cause to adopt a new or different faith; "The missionaries converted the Indian population"
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a person who has been converted to another religious or political belief
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change in nature, purpose, or function; especially undergo a chemical change; "The substance converts to an acid"
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score (a spare)
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complete successfully; "score a penalty shot or free throw"
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score an extra point or points after touchdown by kicking the ball through the uprights or advancing the ball into the endzone; "Smith converted and his team won"
By Princeton University
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change from one system to another or to a new plan or policy; "We converted from 220 to 110 Volt"
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one who has been converted to another religious or political belief
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change the nature, purpose, or function of something; "convert lead into gold"; "convert hotels into jails"; "convert slaves to laborers"
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change religious beliefs, or adopt a religious belief; "She converted to Buddhism"
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cause to adopt a new or different faith; "The missionaries converted the Indian population"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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To cause to turn; to turn.
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To change or turn from one state or condition to another; to alter in form, substance, or quality; to transform; to transmute; as, to convert water into ice.
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To change or turn from one belief or course to another, as from one religion to another or from one party or sect to another.
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To produce the spiritual change called conversion in (any one); to turn from a bad life to a good one; to change the heart and moral character of (any one) from the controlling power of sin to that of holiness.
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To apply to any use by a diversion from the proper or intended use; to appropriate dishonestly or illegally.
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To exchange for some specified equivalent; as, to convert goods into money.
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To change (one proposition) into another, so that what was the subject of the first becomes the predicate of the second.
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To turn into another language; to translate.
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To be turned or changed in character or direction; to undergo a change, physically or morally.
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A person who is converted from one opinion or practice to another; a person who is won over to, or heartily embraces, a creed, religious system, or party, in which he has not previously believed; especially, one who turns from the controlling power of sin to that of holiness, or from unbelief to Christianity.
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A lay friar or brother, permitted to enter a monastery for the service of the house, but without orders, and not allowed to sing in the choir.
By Oddity Software
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To transform; to change from one religion or course to another; cause to undergo a moral change; to exchange or give for an equivalent.
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One who changes from one belief to another; one who has undergone a moral change.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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To turn round: to change or turn from one thing, condition, or religion to another: to change from a bad to a good life: to apply to a particular purpose.
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One converted: one who has become religious, or who has changed his religion.
By Daniel Lyons
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One who has entered upon a religious life; one who has adopted a new belief or opinion.
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To change from one thing, course of life, or faith, to another; to apply to a purpose.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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