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convertite en · NOUN

Etymology

Compare Italian convertito, past participle of convertire (“to convert”).

Meanings

1. (obsolete) A reformed or former prostitute.
2. (obsolete) A convert.
   • Bar. Oh earth-mettall'd villaines, and no Hebrews born! And will you basely thus submit your selves To leave your goods to their arbitrament? Gov. Why Barabas wilt thou be christned? Bar. No, Governour, I will be no convertite. c. 1589–1590 (date written), Christopher Marlo[we], edited by Tho[mas] Heywood, The Famous Tragedy of the Rich Iew of Malta. […], London: […] I[ohn] B[eale] for Nicholas Vavasour, […], published 1633, →OCLC, (please specify the page):
   • Up then arose that grim convertite, Homeward he hied him when ended the rite 1817, [Walter Scott], “(please specify the page)”, in Harold the Dauntless; […], Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, […]; and Archibald Constable and Co., […], →OCLC:
   • He thence departs a heavy convertite; / She remains a hopeless castaway 1594, William Shakespeare, Lucrece (First Quarto), London: […] Richard Field, for Iohn Harrison, […], →OCLC, lines 743-744:

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