n.
- the process of converting or of being converted.
▸Brit. a building that has been converted to a new purpose.
▸Law the changing of real property into personalty, or of joint into separate property, or vice versa.
- Rugby a successful kick at goal after a try.
▸American Football an act of converting a touchdown or a down.
- Psychiatry the manifestation of a mental disturbance as a physical disorder or disease.
- Law the action of wrongfully dealing with goods in a manner inconsistent with the owner's rights.
Etymology
ME: via OFr. from L. conversio(n-), from convers-, convertere (see convert).