Verb

(associat)

(lb) To join in or form a league, union, or association.

(lb) To spend time socially; keep company.

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*:As a political system democracy seems to me extraordinarily foolish,I do not suppose that it matters much in reality whether laws are made by dukes or cornerboys, but I like, as far as possible, to associate with gentlemen in private life.

(lb) To join as a partner, ally, or friend.

(lb) To connect or join together; combine.

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(lb) To connect evidentially, or in the mind or imagination.

*(rfdate) (John Keats) (1795-1821)

*:I always somehow associate Chatterton with autumn.

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*:He succeeded in associating his name inseparably with some names which will last as long as our language.

*{{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=July-August, author= Philip J. Bushnell

, magazine=(American Scientist), title= Solvents, Ethanol, Car Crashes & Tolerance , passage=Surprisingly, this analysis revealed that acute exposure to solvent vapors at concentrations below those associated with long-term effects appears to increase the risk of a fatal automobile accident.}}

To endorse.

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(lb) To be associative.

To accompany; to keep company with.

*(William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)

*:Friends should associate friends in grief and woe.

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