Oxygen levels on Earth skyrocketed 2.4 billion years ago, when cyanobacteria evolved photosynthesis: the ability toconvert water and carbon dioxide into carbohydrates and waste oxygen using solar energy.
And the deff's further sayen that after the said b'gayn the said lambert compounded wt the said lychefeld ffor the moytie of the said Tymber stone glasse yren and tyle aforsaid by fforce whereof the said Lambert and Jane executrix of the testament of the said Thom's lychefeld haue broken and pulled down the stone walles & wyndoes of the said Churche dortr ffratr & cloyster & the same hath taken prceved &convertid to their p'per vses and behofe as lawfull was for the[m] to do by vertue of there said b'gayne & waraunt. All whiche mattrs the said def's ar redy to averre & p've as this hon'able cort shall award. And praye to be dysmyssed wt there resonable costs & charges for ther wrongfull vexac'on & trouble in this behalf.
“A tight little craft,” was Austin’s invariable comment on the matron; and she looked it, always trim and trig and smooth of surface like aconverted yacht cleared for action. ¶ Near her wandered her husband, orientally bland, invariably affable,[…].
How little chance, then, should I have against one whose brain was supernaturally sharpened, and who had two thousand years of experience, besides all manner of knowledge of the secrets of Nature at her command! Feeling that she would be more likely toconvert me than I should toconvert her, I thought it best to leave the matter alone, and so sat silent.
1944 September and October, A Former Student, “Some Memories of Crewe Works—I”, inRailway Magazine, page285:
One old chap on a huge slotting machine was intensely religious and made great efforts toconvert every young man who came his way.
(transitive) Toexpress (aunit of measurement) in terms of another; to furnish a mathematical formula by which a quantity, expressed in the former unit, may be given in the latter.
1985 December 14, Gordon Gottlieb, “L.A. Community Divided over Terrigno Indictment”, inGay Community News, volume13, number22, page10:
The grand jury claims Terrigno "knowinglyconverted, for the benefit of herself and others, federal funds, which were intended to help the poor and homeless in the Los Angeles area."
Bass also kicked field goals of 40 and 49 yards, but he also missed a point-after try, which led to a 2-point conversion that the Billsconverted later in the game.
2011, Jonathan Wilson,Brian Clough: The Biography,→ISBN:
Hinton, inevitably,converted the penalty.
2013, Mark Worrall, Kelvin Barker, David Johnstone,Making History, Not Reliving It: A Decade of Roman's Rule at Chelsea,→ISBN, page225:
However, the lead was doubled after the break, when Branislav Ivanovicconverted from close range after Fernando Torres had flicked on.
2016, Alex Crook, Alex Smith,Southampton Greatest Games: Saints' Fifty Finest Matches,→ISBN:
This time Polish goalkeeper Bartosz Bialkowski was Saints' penalty shootout hero, saving three spot kicks before centre-back Wayne Thomasconverted from 12 yards to seal a 6-5 win.
(intransitive) To undergo a conversion of religion, faith or belief(see also sense 3).
We'veconverted to Methodism.
2009, Irene Silverblatt, “Foreword”, in Andrew B. Fisher, Matthew D. O'hara, editors,Imperial Subjects: Race and Identity in Colonial Latin America, page xi:
The notion of blood purity was first elaborated in Europe, where it was used to separate Old Christians from Spain’s New Christians—women and men of Jewish and Muslim origin whose ancestors hadconverted to Christianity.
(transitive,cricket) To increase one's individual score, especially from 50 runs (afifty) to 100 runs (acentury), or from a century to a double or triple century.
1994, Andrew Soltis,Frank Marshall, United States Chess Champion, McFarland, Inc,→ISBN,page262:
On the final day Marshall won a pawn as Black from another old rival, Hodges, but couldn'tconvert it and played on until a drawn king-and-pawn endgame.
2012, Daniel Naroditsky,Mastering Complex Endgames, New In Chess,→ISBN,page56:
In a serious game, the same event often takes place: the attacking side, out of pure inertia, tries toconvert an advantage which he or she no longer has, thus giving the defending side winning chances.
2021, Frank Erwich,1001 Chess Exercises for Advanced Club Players[3], New In Chess,→ISBN:
Black has survived the attack and is better due to his active king! Many moves later, heconverted.
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2004, Ted Jones, chapter 3, inThe French Riviera: A Literary Guide for Travellers, Tauris Parke Paperbacks, published2007,→ISBN, page64:
While still in this relationship, Greene, aconvert to Roman Catholicism at 23, was asked to be godfather to Catherine Walston, a 30-year-old married woman, at her own conversion.
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 aconvert!
Anyone who has converted from being one thing to being another.
1911, James George Frazer,The Golden Bough, volume11, page207:
A great advantage of these temporary conversions of a man into a beast is that it enables theconvert in his animal shape to pay out his enemy without being suspected.
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