Merriam-Webster's Collegiate® Dictionary, 11th Edition
CONVERT
I. verb see: worth
Date: 14th century
transitive verb
1. to bring over from one belief, view, or party to another, to bring about a religious conversion in,
2. to alter the physical or chemical nature or properties of especially in manufacturing, b. to change from one form or function to another, to alter for more effective utilization, to appropriate without right, to exchange for an equivalent , turn , to subject to logical conversion,
5. to make a goal after receiving (a pass) from a teammate, to score on (as a try for point or free throw), to make (a spare) in bowling, intransitive verb to undergo conversion, to succeed in an attempt for a point, field goal, or free throw, see: transform
II. noun
Date: 1561
one that is converted