convert

convert [kən vʉrt′; ] for n. [ kän′vʉrt΄]

vt.

[ME converten < OFr convertir < L convertere < com-, together + vertere, to turn: see VERSE]

1. to change from one form or use to another; transform [convert grain into flour]

2. to cause to change as from one religion, doctrine, or course to another

3. to exchange for something equal in value

4. Finance

a) to exchange (preferred stock, bonds, etc.) for another kind or class of security, esp. common stock

b) to exchange (a currency) for an equivalent amount of another currency or precious metal

5. Football, RugbyFootball Rugby to make (the extra point or points of a conversion) after a touchdown or try

6. Law

a) to appropriate or use (another's property) by CONVERSION (sense 5a)

b) to change (property) from real to personal, or the reverse

7. Logic to change (a proposition) by conversion

vi.

1. to be converted

☆ 2. Bowling to knock down all of the standing pins on the second bowl, scoring a spare

☆ 3. Football Rugby to make a conversion

n.

a person converted, as to a religion

SYN.- CHANGE, TRANSFORM