reconvert
to convert again.
to change back to a previous form, opinion, character, or function.
Origin of reconvert
1Other words from reconvert
- re·con·ver·sion, noun
- re·con·vert·er, noun
Words Nearby reconvert
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How to use reconvert in a sentence
To reconvert it into carbonate, moisten with a few drops of ammonic carbonate solution, and dry in a water-oven.
A Textbook of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. | Cornelius Beringer and John Jacob BeringerEfforts were accordingly made to reconvert the converted districts and to bring some amount of pressure to bear on the clergy.
Woman under Monasticism | Lina EckensteinThe mother offered her whole fortune if her son would consent to hear one mass; she believed that one mass would reconvert him.
The Story of My Life, volumes 4-6 | Augustus J. C. HareIndustry has neither the capital nor the energy to reconvert itself to peace productivity.
The New Germany | George YoungTo reconvert and instruct anew a relapsed heathen country was the task which Gregory the Great laid on the willing Augustine.
The Mediaeval Mind (Volume I of II) | Henry Osborn Taylor
British Dictionary definitions for reconvert
/ (ˌriːkənˈvɜːt) /
to change (something) back to a previous state or form
to bring (someone) back to his or her former religion
property law to convert back (property previously converted) into its original form, as land into money and vice versa: See also conversion (def. 5)
Derived forms of reconvert
- reconversion (ˌriːkənˈvɜːʃən), noun
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