unconvertv.
1. transitive. To transform.
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the world > time > change > change to something else, transformation > transform [verb (transitive)]
wendOE
forshapeOE
workOE
awendOE
makec1175
turna1200
forwenda1325
change1340
shape1362
transmewc1374
transposec1380
puta1382
convertc1384
exchangea1400
remue?a1400
makea1425
reduce?a1425
removec1425
resolvea1450
transvertc1450
overchangec1480
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transmutea1513
wring1524
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innovate1561
metamorphose1576
transume1579
metamorphize1587
transmove1590
transchangea1599
transfashion1601
deflect1613
fordo1624
entail1628
transmutate1632
distila1637
to make much (also little, something, nothing, etc.) of1637
transqualify1652
unconvert1654
simulate1658
spend1668
transverse1687
hocus-pocus1774
mutate1796
fancy1801
to change around1871
metamorphosize1888
catalyse1944
morph1996
1654 E. Gayton Pleasant Notes Don Quixot iv. xvii. 258 Who with head full addle, Would unconvert his Pannell from a saddle.
2. To undo the conversion of.
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society > faith > worship > preaching > conversion > convert [verb (transitive)] > undo conversion of
unconvert1825
1825 R. P. Ward Tremaine II. xv. 146 As he indeed wished to convert Monsieur Dupuis, so the valet..thought it but a fair return of kindness to endeavour to unconvert her.
1887 Advance (Chicago) 1 Dec. 760 We are not suffering so much from disturbing methods of converting people, as we are from the influences which un-convert them.
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