Converse
[kən'vɜːs] or [kən'vɝs]
Definition
(noun.) a proposition obtained by conversion.
(verb.) carry on a conversation.
(adj.) turned about in order or relation; 'transposed letters' .
(adj.) of words so related that one reverses the relation denoted by the other; '`parental' and `filial' are converse terms' .
Typed by Larry--From WordNet
Definition
(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.
Typist: Wanda
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. n. [1]. Commune, hold intercourse.[2]. Talk, chat, CONFABULATE, discourse familiarly, hold a conversation.
Typed by Debora
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Opposite, reverse, contrary, opposed, contradictory, counter, relative,correlative
ANT:Identical, same, one, inseparable, indistinguishable, connate, uniform, direct,primary, uninverted
SYN:Talk, discourse, speak, chat
ANT:Keep_silent
Edited by Candice
Definition
v.i. to have intercourse: to talk familiarly.—n. Con′verse familiar intercourse: conversation.—adj. Convers′able disposed to converse: sociable.—adv. Convers′ably.—ns. Con′versance Con′versancy state of being conversant: familiarity.—adj. Con′versant acquainted by study: familiar; (B.) walking or associating with.—n. Conversā′tion intercourse: talk: familiar discourse; (B.) behaviour or deportment.—adj. Conversā′tional.—ns. Conversā′tionalist Conversā′tionist one who excels in conversation; Conversā′tionism a colloquialism.—adj. Conver′sative ready to talk.
Checker: Trent
Examples
- Can a man help imitating that with which he holds reverential converse? Plato. The Republic.
- I wished to ascertain more of what she thought but no: she would converse no more. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- But they are very pleasing women when you converse with them. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- It is my right to speak as I think proper; nothing binds me to converse as you dictate. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Again he tried to converse with his strange nurse, but the attempt was useless. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- I will converse with Idris; then all that a friend can do, I will do; to her it must belong to play the lover's part, if she be capable of it. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- The green Martians converse but little, and then usually in monosyllables, low and like the faint rumbling of distant thunder. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- Seeing a soldier in blue on this log, I rode up to him, commenced conversing with him, and asked whose corps he belonged to. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- During the intervals of pain from this grievous disease, he spent many cheerful hours, conversing in the most agreeable and instructive manner. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- However, Mr. Tupman did not volunteer any such accommodation, and the friends walked on, conversing merrily. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- At the present moment, for example, I should be writing a treatise instead of conversing with you. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Legree was there, busily conversing with the two drivers. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- They were conversing together in low tones, and gesticulating and pointing toward me. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- You ain't in the habit of conversing with a deaf person, are you? Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Colonel Berkeley and I conversed on many subjects; but there was one which was a favourite with us both--plays. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Idris conversed with animation on a thousand topics. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- They conversed for some time in whispers. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- We then conversed on the plan I should pursue, and discussed the probable means of discovering his residence. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- My uncle and I conversed a long time last night about what profession Ernest should follow. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- We conversed together all night, with my head resting on his shoulder. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Paulina sat between the two gentlemen: while they conversed, her little hands were busy at some work; I thought at first she was binding a nosegay. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- In the absence of the active and intelligent, the coroner converses with Mr. Tulkinghorn. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- He never converses when not professionally consulted. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
Typist: Ted