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deconverted

deconverted is the simple past and past participle of deconvert.

Meaning of deconvert

Verb

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.
  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
  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...

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Questions about deconverted

What is deconverted the simple past and past participle of?
Deconverted is the simple past and past participle of deconvert.

Words near deconverted in the dictionary

  1. decontrols
  2. deconvergence
  3. deconversion
  4. deconversions
  5. deconvert
  6. deconverted
  7. deconverting
  8. deconverts
  9. deconvolute
  10. deconvoluted
  11. deconvolutes

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