a. rare. [f. CONVERT v. + -IVE. (Cf. conversive, divertive.)]
† 1. Characterized by turning. Obs.
1601. Dolman, trans. 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.
