c. 1300, from Old French convertir, from Vulgar Latin *convertire, from Latin convertere "turn around, transform," from com- "together" (see com-) + vertere "to turn" (see versus). Originally in the religious sense. The Latin word is glossed in Old English by gecyrren, from cierran "to turn, return." Related: Converted; converting.
convert (n.)
1560s, from convert (v.). Earlier was convers (early 14c.).
例文
1. We would like to convert the loft into another bedroom.
屋根裏部屋を別の寝室に改造したい。
2.He was a recent Catholc convert ,and very zealous.
彼は最近カトリックに帰依したばかりで、熱狂的な信者だ。/
3.Christians were arrested for trying to convert people,to proselytise them.
キリスト教徒は、他人の信仰を変えようとしたとして逮捕された。
4.Scholars have debated whether or not Yagenta became a convert .
学者たちは弥源太が帰依しているかどうかを議論したことがある。
5.The programme to convert every gas burner in Britain took 10 years.