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convert [n]

1)	a person who has been converted to another religious or political belief

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human converso proselyte

convert [v]

1)	change the nature, purpose, or function of something; "convert lead into gold"; "convert hotels into jails"; "convert slaves to laborers"

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2)	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_over

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3)	change religious beliefs, or adopt a religious belief; "She converted to Buddhism"

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change conversion

4)	exchange or replace with another, usually of the same kind or category; "Could you convert my dollars into pounds?"; "He changed his name"; "convert centimeters into inches"; "convert holdings into shares"

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change commute exchange

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5)	cause to adopt a new or different faith; "The missionaries converted the Indian population"

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alter islamise christianise evangelise catholicise

6)	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"

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hit conversion

7)	complete successfully; "score a penalty shot or free throw"

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hit

8)	score (a spare)

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hit bowling

9)	make (someone) agree, understand, or realize the truth or validity of something; "He had finally convinced several customers of the advantages of his product"

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convince win_over

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persuade proselytise disarm

10)

exchange a penalty for a less severe one

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commute exchange

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alter exchange commutation commutation

11)

change in nature, purpose, or function; especially undergo a chemical change; "The substance converts to an acid"

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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing: (http://www.foldoc.org/, Editor Denis Howe)

1. String processing language, combined the pattern matching and transformation operations of COMIT with the recursive data structures of Lisp. "Convert", A. Guzman et al, CACM 9(8):604-615 (Aug 1966).

2. Early language to convert programs and data from one language to another. "CONVERT Manual", OLI Systems Inc (Oct 1976).

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