reconvert
/ˌɹiːkənˈvɜː(ɹ)t/
reconvert verb: to convert again, convert back.
Verb
reconvert (third-person singular simple present reconverts, present participle reconverting, simple past and past participle reconverted)
- To convert again, convert back.
- Now it could not be expected that so much sea being converted into land by this Judgement by two years labour, and but finished and brought to pass in the 6th year of Henry the Sixth, the same land should be in the very next year, viz. in the 7th year of the same Kings Reign reconverted into sea.1664, John Exton, chapter 8, in The Maritime Dicæologie, or Sea Jurisdiction of England, London, page 96
- About this time the East-Saxons, who as above hath bin said, had expell’d thir Bishop Mellitus, and renounc’d the Faith, were by the means of Oswi thus reconverted.1670, John Milton, The History of Britain, London: James Allestry, Book 4, p. 159
- To convert.
- This epiſtle dyd ſaynt Peter wryte to the Hethen that we reconuerted ⁊ exhorteth thẽ to ſtonde faſt in the fayth[…]1534 November, Willyam Tindale [i.e., William Tyndale], transl., “A Prologe to the Fyrst Epistle of Saynt Peter”, in The Newe Testament […] (Tyndale Bible), Antwerp: […] Marten Emperowr, folio...
- Gentlemen both,
and Cozens mine, I do believe ’t much pity,
to strive to reconvert you from the faith
you have been bred in:1654, Henry Glapthorne, Revenge for Honour, London, act I, scene 1, page 6
- Synonyms:
- develop, evolve, convert, draw, metamorphize, metamorphose, shift, transfigurate, transfigure, transform
Noun
IPA/ɹiːˈkɒnvɜː(ɹ)t/
reconvert (plural reconverts)
- A person who has been reconverted.
- […] it is notorious, that of those professing the creed of naked Protestantism, she [the Church of Rome] has made […] converts and reconverts by thousands—nay, even by millions:1843, William Ewart Gladstone, “Present Aspect of the Church”, in Gleanings of Past Years, volume 5, London: John Murray, published 1879, pages 33–34
Examples of reconvert in a sentence
- In ancient days the hill had been a beacon station, and it was reconverted to this purpose in time of war.1880, Sabine Baring-Gould, chapter 2, in Mehalah: A Story of the Salt Marshes,, London: Smith, Elder, published 1884, page 28:
- Fifteen engines were reconverted from oil to coal burning, and it is intended to deal similarly with all other such engines.1949 May and June, “Notes and News: Locomotive Notes: Western Region”, in Railway Magazine, page 205:
- A small room, which had been converted into a laboratory, was now reconverted into chaos.1953, Graham Greene, Our Man in Havana, Penguin, published 1969, Part 2, Chapter 3, p. 70:
- She was glad to leave, but insisted that she would not reconvert, and for the rest of her days remained a Roman Catholic.1997, Arundhati Roy, chapter 1, in The God of Small Things, Thorndike, Maine: G.K. Hall, page 42:
Synonyms of reconvert
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Forms of reconvert
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | reconverts |
| present participle | reconverting |
| past participle | reconverted |
| past | reconverted |
| Noun | |
| plural | reconverts |
Origin of reconvert
From re- + convert.
Questions about reconvert
- What does reconvert mean?
- Reconvert means to convert again, convert back.
- How do you use reconvert in a sentence?
- In ancient days the hill had been a beacon station, and it was reconverted to this purpose in time of war.
- What part of speech is reconvert?
- Reconvert can be a verb or a noun.
- How do you pronounce reconvert?
- Reconvert is pronounced /ˌɹiːkənˈvɜː(ɹ)t/.
- What is the past tense of reconvert?
- The past tense of reconvert is reconverted.
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