| 释义 |
conˈvertive, a. rare.
[f. convert v. + -ive. (Cf. conversive, divertive.)]
†1. Characterized by turning. Obs.
1601Dolman tr. Primaud. Fr. Acad. (1618) 686 These circles are nominated Tropickes, that is, turning or conuertiue.
2. Having the property of converting.
1816I. Taylor in Pamphleteer VIII. 478 Intellect is of a reductorial or convertive nature. 1847J. W. Donaldson Vind. Protest. Princ. 177 The convertive act of resipiscence on the part of the individual must necessarily intervene. |