Verb

(obsolete) To arrive, come (to a place).

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*:& thenne the noble knyghte sire Launcelot departed with ryghte heuy chere sodenly / that none erthely creature wyste of hym / nor where he was become / but sir Bors

*(William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)

*:But, madam, where is Warwick then become ?

(copulative) To come about; happen; come into being; arise.

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(copulative) begin to be; turn into.

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, title=(The Celebrity), chapter=8 , passage=The humor of my proposition appealed more strongly to Miss Trevor than I had looked for, and from that time forward she became her old self again; for, even after she had conquered her love for the Celebrity, the mortification of having been jilted by him remained.}}

*{{quote-news, year=2012, date=May 13, author=Alistair Magowan, work=BBC Sport

, title= Sunderland 0-1 Man Utd , passage=Then, as the Sunderland fans' cheers bellowed around the stadium, United's title bid was over when it became apparent City had pinched a last-gasp winner to seal their first title in 44 years.}}

*{{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=May-June, author= William E. Conner

, title= An Acoustic Arms Race , volume=101, issue=3, page=206-7, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Earless ghost swift moths become “invisible” to echolocating bats by forming mating clusters close (less than half a meter) above vegetation and effectively blending into the clutter of echoes that the bat receives from the leaves and stems around them.}}

To be proper for; to befit.

*1930 , (Duff Cooper), Talleyrand , Folio Society, 2010, p.7:

*:His ordinationenabled him to be independent of his parents, and to afford a manner of living which became his rank rather than his calling.

Of an adornment, piece of clothing etc.: to look attractive on (someone).

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Verb

(en verb)

(lb) To transform or change (something) into another form, substance, state, or product.

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*(Thomas Burnet) (1635?-1715)

*:if the whole atmosphere were converted into water

*(John Milton) (1608-1674)

*:That still lessens / The sorrow, and converts it nigh to joy.

*{{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=September-October, author= Katie L. Burke

, magazine=(American Scientist), title= In the News , passage=Oxygen levels on Earth skyrocketed 2.4 billion years ago, when cyanobacteria evolved photosynthesis: the ability to convert water and carbon dioxide into carbohydrates and waste oxygen using solar energy.}}

(lb) To change (something) from one use, function, or purpose to another.

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*:“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 a converted yacht cleared for action. ¶ Near her wandered her husband, orientally bland, invariably affable,.

(lb) To induce (someone) to adopt a particular religion, faith, ideology or belief.

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*:No attempt was made to convert the Moslems.

(lb) To exchange for something of equal value.

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(lb) To express (a quantity) in alternative units.

(lb) To express (a unit of measure) in terms of another; to furnish a mathematical formula by which a quantity, expressed in the former unit, may be given in the latter.

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To appropriate wrongfully or unlawfully; to commit the common law tort of conversion.

To score extra points after (a try) by completing a conversion.

*{{quote-news, year=2011, date=February 4, author=Gareth Roberts, work=BBC

, title= Wales 19-26 England , passage=Flood converted to leave Wales with a 23-9 deficit going into the final quarter.}}

(lb) To score (a penalty).

*{{quote-news, year=2011, date=September 28, author=Jon Smith, work=BBC Sport

, title= Valencia 1-1 Chelsea , passage=But, after the error by Lampard's replacement Kalou, Roberto Soldado converted the penalty.}}

To score a spare.

(lb) To undergo a conversion of religion, faith or belief.

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(lb) To become converted.

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To cause to turn; to turn.

*(Ben Jonson) (1572-1637)

*:O, which way shall I first convert myself?

To change (one proposition) into another, so that what was the subject of the first becomes the predicate of the second.

To turn into another language; to translate.

*(Ben Jonson) (1572-1637)

*:which storyCatullus more elegantly converted