conˈvertive, a. rare.
[f. convert v. + -ive. (Cf. conversive, divertive.)]
† 1. Characterized by turning. Obs.
| 1601 Dolman tr. Primaud. Fr. Acad. (1618) 686 These circles are nominated Tropickes, that is, turning or conuertiue. |
2. Having the property of converting.
| 1816 I. Taylor in Pamphleteer VIII. 478 Intellect is of a reductorial or convertive nature. 1847 J. W. Donaldson Vind. Protest. Princ. 177 The convertive act of resipiscence on the part of the individual must necessarily intervene. |