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Grammar : Adj
Spell : kuh n-vur-tid
Phonetic Transcription : kənˈvɜr tɪd



Définition of converted

Origin :
  • c.1300, from Old French convertir, from Vulgar Latin *convertire, from Latin convertere "turn around, transform," from com- "together" (see com-) + vertere "to turn" (see versus). Originally in the religious sense. The Latin word is glossed in Old English by gecyrren, from cierran "to turn, return." Related: Converted; converting.
  • adj convinced
Example sentences :
  • Ah, I remember the night I was converted, as if it were yesterday.
  • Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
  • The day which his Maker intended as a blessing, man has converted into a curse.
  • Extract from : « Sunday under Three Heads » by Charles Dickens
  • He has had it, just as it was found, converted into a breastpin.
  • Extract from : « The Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, Oregon and California » by Brevet Col. J.C. Fremont
  • When the multitudes were not converted by the miracles, they fled terrified.
  • Extract from : « The Dream » by Emile Zola
  • The fifty professors then declared that they were converted.
  • Extract from : « The Dream » by Emile Zola
  • In Portugal they were converted into a new order for the defence of the realm.
  • Extract from : « Cameos from English History, from Rollo to Edward II » by Charlotte Mary Yonge
  • This broken thumb saved my life; it converted ennui into anger.
  • Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 4 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
  • The unexpected march of events had converted him to the doctrine of fatalism.
  • Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad
  • If I believe that, why don't I pray for Bob, so that he'll be converted?
  • Extract from : « Tip Lewis and His Lamp » by Pansy
  • A week of this sort of nourishment, and I'll have you converted to my ideas.
  • Extract from : « A Comedy of Marriage and Other Tales » by Guy De Maupassant

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