convert
[verb]
Synonyms:
- change, alter, transform, transpose, turn
- adapt, apply, customize, modify, remodel, reorganize, restyle, revise
- reform, convince, proselytize
[noun]
Synonyms:
- neophyte, disciple, proselyte

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Related Words: redeem, reform, save, bend, bias, incline, sway, actuate, budge, impel, proselyte, proselytize, fabricate, forge, make, manufacture, apply, employ, use, utilize

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

I. con‧vert¹ W3 AC /kənˈvɜːt $ -ˈvɜːrt/ verb
[Date: 1200-1300; Language: Old French; Origin: convertir, from Latin convertere 'to turn around, convert', from com- ( ⇒ COM-) + vertere 'to turn']

1.
a) [transitive] to change something into a different form, or to change something so that it can be used for a different purpose or in a different way ⇒ convertible
convert something to/into something
They converted the spare bedroom into an office.
The stocks can be easily converted to cash.
a 19th-century converted barn (=barn changed into a house)
b) [intransitive] to change into a different form, or change into something that can be used for a different purpose or in a different way
convert to/into
a sofa that converts into a bed
In the process, the light energy converts to heat energy.

2.
a) [transitive] to persuade someone to change to a different religion
convert somebody to something
European missionaries converted thousands to Christianity.
b) [intransitive] to change to a different religion
convert to
She converted to Catholicism.

3.
a) [intransitive] to change to a different set of ideas, principles, or ways of doing something
convert to
people who have recently converted to vegetarianism
b) [transitive] to persuade someone to change to a different set of ideas, principles, or ways of doing something
convert somebody to something
She succeeded in converting me to her point of view.
newly/freshly converted
newly converted feminists

4. [intransitive and transitive] to make a conversion in rugby or American football
⇒ preach to the converted at preach(4)

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

II. con‧vert² /ˈkɒnvɜːt $ ˈkɑːnvɜːrt/ noun [countable]
someone who has been persuaded to change their beliefs and accept a particular religion or opinion
convert to
a convert to Christianity
recent converts to the cause

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

convert
noun
ADJ. recent | enthusiastic | reluctant | Catholic, Jewish, etc.
VERB + CONVERT become | gain, make, win an attempt to gain converts to Communism
PREP. ~ from One of the early popes, Clement was a convert from paganism.
~ to a recent convert to Catholicism

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