A Quick and Simple Dictionary

convert

1. Noun.  A person who has converted his or her religion.
2. Noun.  A person who is now in favour of something that he or she previously opposed or disliked.
3. Verb.  (transitive) To transform or change (something) into another form, substance, state, or product.
4. Verb.  (transitive) To change (something) from one use, function, or purpose to another.
5. Verb.  (transitive) To induce (someone) to adopt a particular religion, faith, or belief.
6. Verb.  (transitive) To exchange for something of equal value.
7. Verb.  (transitive) To express (a quantity) in alternative units.
8. Verb.  (transitive) To express (a unit of measure) in terms of another; to furnish a mathematical formula by which a quantity, expressed in the former unit, may be given in the latter.
9. Verb.  (transitive, legal) To appropriate wrongfully or unlawfully; to commit the common law tort of conversion.
10. Verb.  (ambitransitive, rugby football) To score extra points after (a try) by completing a conversion.
11. Verb.  (soccer) To score (a penalty).
12. Verb.  (intransitive, ten-pin bowling) To score a spare..
13. Verb.  (intransitive) To undergo a conversion of religion, faith or belief.
14. Verb.  (intransitive) To become converted.