convert
/ˈkɑn.vɚt/ noun C2- A person who has converted to a religion.
- A person who is now in favour of something that they previously opposed or disliked. · I never really liked broccoli before, but now that I've tasted it the way you cook it, I'm a convert!
- Anyone who has converted from being one thing to being another.
- The equivalent of a conversion in rugby
Plural converts
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Instead of a rude mixture of sailors, soldiers, and those belonging to the humblest grade of life, the present assembly was composed of the very flower of Marseilles society,—magistrates who had resigned their office during the usurper’s reign; officers who had deserted from the imperial army and joined forces with Condé; and younger members of families, brought up to hate and execrate the man whom five years of exile would convert into a martyr, and fifteen of restoration elevate to the rank of a god.
Miss Bingley offered her the carriage, and she only wanted a little pressing to accept it, when Jane testified such concern at parting with her that Miss Bingley was obliged to convert the offer of the chaise into an invitation to remain at Netherfield for the present.
A study of family portraits is enough to convert a man to the doctrine of reincarnation.
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