"conversible" meaning in English

See conversible in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more conversible [comparative], most conversible [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} conversible (comparative more conversible, superlative most conversible)
  1. (archaic) Capable of being converted. Tags: archaic Synonyms: convertible
    Sense id: en-conversible-en-adj-rXt1xOYa
  2. (obsolete) Capable of being substituted or swapped (with another thing). Tags: obsolete Synonyms: interchangeable
    Sense id: en-conversible-en-adj-p9n5uMes Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ible Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 65 6 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ible: 26 69 5
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Adjective

Forms: more conversible [comparative], most conversible [superlative]
Etymology: converse + -ible Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|converse|ible}} converse + -ible Head templates: {{en-adj}} conversible (comparative more conversible, superlative most conversible)
  1. Alternative form of conversable Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: conversable
    Sense id: en-conversible-en-adj-maoPwm61
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

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          "text": "a. 1661, Henry Hammond, Sermon 7 in Sermons Preached by Henry Hammond, London: Robert Pawlet, 1675, p. 96,\n[It is] from the not exercising of faith actually, that I ever sin; and every man in the same degree, that he is a sinner, so far is he an unbeliever. So that this conversible retrogradous Sorites may shut up all."
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