deconvert

Noun

deconvert (plural deconverts)

1. An apostate.

Verb

US/diːkənˈvɜːt/

deconvert (third-person singular simple present deconverts, present participle deconverting, simple past and past participle deconverted)

1. (intransitive) To undergo a deconversion from a religion, faith or belief or (transitive) to induce (someone) to reject a particular religion, faith, or belief.
   • She has deconverted from Christianity, Islam, Judaism, etc.
   • They tried to deconvert him.
2. (intransitive) To revert or (transitive) to restore.
   • We must arrange to deconvert chartered vessels if the owner so desires. He may want them put back in the same condition as when chartered.1941, United States Congress: House: Appropriations, Fifth Supplemental National Defense Appropriation Bill for 1941: Hearings ... 77th Congress..., page 122
   • Most compression utilities...can convert and deconvert binhex files.2000, Linda E. Reksten, Using Technology to Increase Student Learning, Corwin Press, →ISBN, page 140

   Synonyms:

   reconvert, roll back, rehabilitate, restitute, restore, revert

3. (transitive) To change a building that has been converted to a new use back to its original use; specifically to change a house that has been converted into apartments or flats back to a single-family dwelling.
   • Roofs were repaired, houses were painted, and rooming houses converted back to single family residences. And meanwhile the owners have spent about $60000 to deconvert the building to its legal use...Orders to deconvert buildings which had been cut up into smaller apartments totaled 156 last year...1963, William E Glynn, Leadership Roles read in Paul Vernon Betters (editor), City Problems: The Annual Proceedings of the United States Conference of Mayors, City Problems: The Annual Proceedings of...
   • The most effective injunction issued was to compel owners to deconvert buildings illegally converted to their original architectural structure.1968, New York (State): Governor's Commission Appointed to Review New York State's Abortion Law, Report..., page 76