Conversible
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Capable of being converted. archaic
"a. 1661, Henry Hammond, Sermon 7 in Sermons Preached by Henry Hammond, London: Robert Pawlet, 1675, p. 96, [It is] from the not exercising of faith actually, that I ever sin; and every man in the same degree, that he is a sinner, so far is he an unbeliever. So that this conversible retrogradous Sorites may shut up all."
- 2 Alternative form of conversable. alt-of, alternative
"Phillips is [...] a witty, conversible young man, easy to like."
- 3 Capable of being substituted or swapped (with another thing). obsolete
"Reciprocal signs I call those that are conversible with the thing they are the signs of."
Synonyms
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More examples"a. 1661, Henry Hammond, Sermon 7 in Sermons Preached by Henry Hammond, London: Robert Pawlet, 1675, p. 96, [It is] from the not exercising of faith actually, that I ever sin; and every man in the same degree, that he is a sinner, so far is he an unbeliever. So that this conversible retrogradous Sorites may shut up all."
Etymology
From converse + -ible.
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