convertiveadj.

Etymology: < convert v. + -ive suffix. (Compare conversive, divertive.)Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: conˈvertive.

rare.

†1. Characterized by turning. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > backward movement > [adjective] > turning back or reversing course > characterized by

convertive1601

1601 R. Dolman tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. III. 97 These circles are nominated Tropickes, that is, turning or conuertiue.

2. Having the property of converting.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > change > change to something else, transformation > [adjective] > transforming

transmuting1579

metamorphosing1607

transmutative1611

leavening1628

transmutatorya1631

transforminga1653

conversive1656

convertive1816

metamorphotic1826

transmutive1836

transfiguring1846

transmogrifying1851

permutating1852

transfigurating1871

transfigurative1899

1816 I. Taylor in Pamphleteer VIII. 478 Intellect is of a reductorial or convertive nature.

1847 J. W. Donaldson Vindic. Protestant Princ. 177 The convertive act of resipiscence on the part of the individual must necessarily intervene.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

单词	convertive
释义	convertiveadj. Etymology: < convert v. + -ive suffix. (Compare conversive, divertive.)Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: conˈvertive. rare. †1. Characterized by turning. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > backward movement > [adjective] > turning back or reversing course > characterized by convertive1601 1601 R. Dolman tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. III. 97 These circles are nominated Tropickes, that is, turning or conuertiue. 2. Having the property of converting. ΘΚΠ the world > time > change > change to something else, transformation > [adjective] > transforming transmuting1579 metamorphosing1607 transmutative1611 leavening1628 transmutatorya1631 transforminga1653 conversive1656 convertive1816 metamorphotic1826 transmutive1836 transfiguring1846 transmogrifying1851 permutating1852 transfigurating1871 transfigurative1899 1816 I. Taylor in Pamphleteer VIII. 478 Intellect is of a reductorial or convertive nature. 1847 J. W. Donaldson Vindic. Protestant Princ. 177 The convertive act of resipiscence on the part of the individual must necessarily intervene. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < adj.1601
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