converted

[ kuhn-vur-tid ]

adjective

1. noting a specified type of person who has been converted from the religion, beliefs, or attitudes characteristic of that type:

   a converted Christian; a converted thief.

2. noting anything, formerly of the type specified, that has been converted to something else:

   His yacht is a converted destroyer escort.

Other Words From

• quasi-con·verted adjective
• uncon·verted adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of converted¹

First recorded in 1585–95; convert ¹ + -ed ²

Example Sentences

Among them were the Pinehurst Brewing Company, a converted steam plant with valves and pipes serving as table legs and light fixtures, and the Tavern at the Holly Inn, Pinehurst’s oldest hotel, whose antique bar was imported from Scotland.

From Washington Post

We pedal back to the car and decamp to Beamer’s 25, a gastropub in a converted warehouse in the West End neighborhood, in the original core of the city.

From Washington Post

That means it’s only a matter of time until we see rockets launching off converted oil rigs and heading for the moon, all corners of Earth, and Mars.

From Singularity Hub 

The patient lived in a converted garage in one of the Valley’s less developed neighborhoods, where the low-slung houses were surrounded by desolate stretches of high desert scrub.

From ProPublica

On campus, I spent a good part of the day running between my office, classes and the lactation room, a converted supply closet with no sink.

From Washington Post

Keopuolani converted on her deathbed in 1823, instructing her son Kamehameha II to protect the missionaries.

From The Daily Beast

When Vreeland first converted to Buddhism, the world he joined was completely sealed.

From The Daily Beast

Importantly, as part of the interim plan, Iran has diluted or converted its stockpile of 20 percent enriched uranium.

From The Daily Beast

Hauchard converted to Islam in high school at 17, and is said to have suddenly begun wearing a beard and djellaba.

From The Daily Beast

Her hyperrealist paintings are so powerful that they converted her atheist parents to Christians.

From The Daily Beast

He was converted and baptized, and was the first Hebrew instructor at Harvard college.

From Project Gutenberg

The author of the life of St. Francis Xavier, asserts, that "by one sermon he converted ten thousand persons in a desert island."

From Project Gutenberg

The need of ministers, which explains why many souls of Indian natives remain to be converted to our holy religion.

From Project Gutenberg

Through lack of them a considerable number of those already pacified and who pay tribute remain to be converted.

From Project Gutenberg

It is very combustible, burns with a pale blue flame, and is converted into water.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• transformed