converse
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[ verb kuhn-vurs; noun kon-vurs ]
/ verb kənˈvɜrs; noun ˈkɒn vɜrs /
verb (used without object), con·versed, con·vers·ing.
to talk informally with another or others; exchange views, opinions, etc., by talking.
Archaic.
to maintain a familiar association (usually followed by with).
Obsolete.
to have sexual intercourse (usually followed by with).
noun
familiar discourse or talk; conversation.
Origin of converse
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con·vers·er, nounWords nearby converse
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British Dictionary definitions for conversing (1 of 2)
converse
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verb (kənˈvɜːs) (intr often foll by with)
to engage in conversation (with)
to commune spiritually (with)
obsolete
- to associate; consort
- to have sexual intercourse
noun (ˈkɒnvɜːs)
conversation (often in the phrase hold converse with)
obsolete
- fellowship or acquaintance
- sexual intercourse
Derived forms of converse
converser, nounWord Origin for converse
C16: from Old French
converser, from Latin
conversārī to keep company with, from
conversāre to turn constantly, from
vertere to turn
British Dictionary definitions for conversing (2 of 2)
converse
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/ (ˈkɒnvɜːs) /
adjective
(prenominal)
reversed; opposite; contrary
noun
something that is opposite or contrary
logic
- a categorical proposition obtained from another by the transposition of subject and predicate, as no bad man is bald from no bald man is bad
- a proposition so derived, possibly by weakening a universal proposition to the corresponding particular, as some socialists are rich from all rich men are socialists
logic maths
a relation that holds between two relata only when a given relation holds between them in reverse order: thus father of is the converse of son of
Word Origin for converse
C16: from Latin
conversus turned around; see
converse
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