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adjective

Convertible adj.

Capable of being converted; susceptible of change; transmutable; transformable. "Minerals are not convertible into another species, though of the same genus."

Capable of being exchanged or interchanged; reciprocal; interchangeable. "So long as we are in the regions of nature, miraculous and improbable, miraculous and incredible, may be allowed to remain convertible terms."

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Convertible" Quotes from Famous Books

... Just tell where the paper went, for in the loss of that lot of paper, as it proved, the bottom dropped out of the Treasury tub. On that paper was to have been printed our new issue of ten per cent, convertible, you know, and secured on that up-country cotton, which Kirby Smith had above the Big Raft. I had the printers ready for near a month waiting for that paper. The plates were really very handsome. I'll show you a proof when we go up ...

— If, Yes and Perhaps - Four Possibilities and Six Exaggerations with Some Bits of Fact • Edward Everett Hale

... of "by my theory" is "by the theory of descent with modification;" the words "on the theory of natural selection," with which the sentence opens, lead us to suppose that Mr. Darwin regarded natural selection and descent as convertible terms. "My theory" was altered to "this theory" in 1872. Six lines lower down we read, "ON MY THEORY unity of type is explained by unity of descent." The "my" here has been ...

— Luck or Cunning? • Samuel Butler

... in adopting these views of the relations of material nature and spirit, we must continually bear in mind that matter "has no essence independent of mental perception; that existence and perceptibility are convertible terms; that external appearances and sensations are illusory, and would vanish into nothing if the divine energy which alone sustains them were suspended but for ...

— History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) - Revised Edition • John William Draper

... Manchester itself resembled a city besieged. The authorities called for "special constables," and, partly attracted by the plenteous supply of drink and free feeding;[1] and partly impelled by their savage fury against the "Hirish" or the "Fenians,"—suddenly become convertible terms with English writers and speakers—a motley mass of several thousands, mainly belonging to the most degraded of the population, were enrolled. All the streets in the neighbourhood of the prison were closed against public traffic, were occupied by police or "specials," and were crossed ...

— The Dock and the Scaffold • Unknown

... convertible term, which means exclusive privileges in one country, no privileges in another, ...

— The Monikins • J. Fenimore Cooper

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