converse

[Con*verse·]

Converse is a more formal way of saying "carry on a conversation." You could converse with your best friend for hours over lunch, but continue the chit chat through the afternoon matinee and you might get shushed.

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To keep company; to hold intimate intercourse; to commune; -- followed by with.

Noun
a proposition obtained by conversion

Verb
carry on a conversation

Adjective S.
turned about in order or relation; "transposed letters"

Adjective S.
of words so related that one reverses the relation denoted by the other; "`parental'' and `filial'' are converse terms"

v. i.
To keep company; to hold intimate intercourse; to commune; -- followed by with.

v. i.
To engage in familiar colloquy; to interchange thoughts and opinions in a free, informal manner; to chat; -- followed by with before a person; by on, about, concerning, etc., before a thing.

v. i.
To have knowledge of, from long intercourse or study; -- said of things.

n.
Frequent intercourse; familiar communion; intimate association.

n.
Familiar discourse; free interchange of thoughts or views; conversation; chat.

a.
Turned about; reversed in order or relation; reciprocal; as, a converse proposition.

n.
A proposition which arises from interchanging the terms of another, as by putting the predicate for the subject, and the subject for the predicate; as, no virtue is vice, no vice is virtue.

n.
A proposition in which, after a conclusion from something supposed has been drawn, the order is inverted, making the conclusion the supposition or premises, what was first supposed becoming now the conclusion or inference. Thus, if two sides of a sides of a triangle are equal, the angles opposite the sides are equal; and the converse is true, i.e., if these angles are equal, the two sides are equal.

Converse

Con*verse" , v. i. [imp. & p.p. Conversed ; p.pr. & vb.n. Conversing.] [F. converser, L. conversari to associate with; con- + versari to be turned, to live, remain, fr. versare to turn often, v. intens. of vertere to turn See Convert.] 1. To keep company; to hold intimate intercourse; to commune; -- followed by with.

To seek the distant hills, and there converse With nature.

Conversing with the world, we use the world's fashions.

But to converse with heaven - This is not easy.

2. To engage, in familiar colloqui; to interchange thoughts and opinions in a free, informal manner; to chat; -- followed by with before a person; by on, about, concerning, etc., before a thing.

Companions That do converse and waste the time together.

We had conversed so often on that subject.

3. To have knowledge of, from long intercourse or study; -- said of things.

According as the objects they converse with afford greater or less variety.

Syn. -- To associate; commune; discourse; talk; chat.

Converse

Con"verse , n. 1. Frequent intercourse; familiar communion; intimate association. Glanvill.

"T is but to hold Converse with Nature's charms, and view her stores unrolled.

2. Familiar discourse; free interchange of thoughts or views; conversation; chat.

Formed by thy converse happily to steer From grave to gay, from lively to severe.

Converse

Con"verse, a. [L. conversus, p.p. of convertere. See Convert.] Turned about; reversed in order or relation; reciprocal; as, a converse proposition.

Converse

Con"verse, n. 1. (Logic) A proposition which arises from interchanging the terms of another, as by putting the predicate for the subject, and the subject for the predicate; as, no virtue is vice, no vice is virtue. &hand; It should not (as is often done) be confounded with the contrary or opposite of a proposition, which is formed by introducing the negative not or no. 2. (Math.) A proposition in which, after a conclusion from something supposed has been drawn, the order is inverted, making the conclusion the supposition or premises, what was first supposed becoming now the conclusion or inference. Thus, if two sides of a sides of a triangle are equal, the angles opposite the sides are equal; and the converse is true, i.e., if these angles are equal, the two sides are equal.

To keep company; to hold intimate intercourse; to commune; -- followed by with.

Frequent intercourse; familiar communion; intimate association.

, a. [L. conversus, p.p. of convertere. See Convert.] Turned about; reversed in order or relation; reciprocal; as, a converse proposition.

A proposition which arises from interchanging the terms of another, as by putting the predicate for the subject, and the subject for the predicate; as, no virtue is vice, no vice is virtue.

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Usage Examples

When marrying, ask yourself this question: Do you believe that you will be able to converse well with this person into your old age? Everything else in marriage is transitory.

My friend and I sang an a cappella rendition of Extreme's 'More Than Words' at one of our football pep rallies in a desperate attempt to look cool. For a while, I wore pink Converse All Stars because I thought it made me seem daring and irreverent.

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Other Usage Examples

In fact, the converse is true: At a time when the United States has been called on for a level of moral leadership, vision and inspiration not seen since World War II, we cannot afford to dissemble about crimes against humanity.

We feel unsatisfied until we know ourselves akin even with that greatness which made the spots on which it rested hallowed and until, by our own lives, and by converse with the thoughts they have bequeathed us, we feel that union and relationship of the spirit which we seek.

However greatly we distrust the sincerity of those we converse with, yet still we think they tell more truth to us than to anyone else.