[see -ING1.] The action of the verb CONVERT; conversion.
1633. T. Stafford, Pac. Hib., iv. (1821), 279. The converting of Irish moneys into sterling.
1711. Addison, Spect., No. 21, ¶ 2. Several Brevets having been granted for the converting of Subalterns into Scarf-Officers.
attrib. 1819. Gent. Mag., LXXXIX. I. 324. The Jews Converting Society.