Talk:convert

What is are the objects of the transitive verb in the sports senses (a try? a spare?)? These need to be specified in brackets. — Paul G 12:14, 9 November 2005 (UTC)

Rotate

"Crystal will calefie unto electricity; that is, a power to attract strawes and light bodies, and convert the needle freely placed" - Pseudodoxia Epidemica, 1st edition, p. 51

In this case, "convert" means "to turn" or "rotate" (or maybe just "move"?) Which definition does this fall under? - Omegatron 23:43, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

Legal def?

I know there's a legal def. of convert, meaning something like "take illegal possession of". Here's a citation:

1. • 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume III, London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC, book ii:

     ...the whole duck, and great part of the apples, were converted to the use of the gamekeeper and his family...

I wasn't confident enough to put this directly into the entry. JesseW 21:35, 30 January 2009 (UTC)

(transitive) (commercial law) change classification of property

(transitive) (commercial law): to change the classification of property, e.g. from joint to separate property, in the course of a transaction --Backinstadiums (talk) 10:56, 18 October 2020 (UTC)