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con·verse1

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n-vurs; n. kon-vurs] Pronunciation Key verb, -versed, -vers·ing, noun

–verb (used without object)

1.	to talk informally with another or others; exchange views, opinions, etc., by talking.

2.	Archaic. to maintain a familiar association (usually fol. by with).

3.	Obsolete. to have sexual intercourse (usually fol. by with).

–noun

4.	familiar discourse or talk; conversation.

[Origin: 1300–50; ME conversen < MF converser < L conversārī to associate with. See con-, verse

]

—Related forms

con·vers·er, noun

—Synonyms 1. chat, discuss. See speak.

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con·verse2

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n-vurs, kon-vurs; n. kon-vurs] Pronunciation Key

–adjective

1.	opposite or contrary in direction, action, sequence, etc.; turned around.

–noun

2.	something opposite or contrary.

Logic.

a.	a proposition obtained from another proposition by conversion.

b.	the relation between two terms, one of which is related to the other in a given manner, as “younger than” to “older than.”

4.	a group of words correlative with a preceding group but having a significant pair of terms interchanged, as “hot in winter but cold in summer” and “cold in winter but hot in summer.”

[Origin: 1350–1400; ME convers (< AF) < L conversus ptp. of convertere to turn around, equiv. to con- con- + vert- turn + -tus ptp. suffix; see convert

]

—Related forms

con·verse·ly

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n-vurs-lee, kon-vurs-] Pronunciation Key, adverb

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Con·verse

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–noun

Frederick Shep·herd

Audio Help [shep-erd] Pronunciation Key, 1871–1940, U.S. composer.

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con·verse¹ Audio Help (kən-vûrs') Pronunciation Key
intr.v. con·versed, con·vers·ing, con·vers·es

To engage in a spoken exchange of thoughts, ideas, or feelings; talk. See Synonyms at speak.
Archaic To be familiar; associate.

n. (kŏn'vûrs')

Spoken interchange of thoughts and feelings; conversation.
Obsolete Social interaction.

[Middle English conversen, to associate with, from Old French converser, from Latin conversārī : com-, com- + versārī, to occupy oneself; see wer-² in Indo-European roots.]

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con·verse² Audio Help   (kən-vûrs', kŏn'vûrs') Pronunciation Key
adj.   Reversed, as in position, order, or action; contrary.

n.   (kŏn'vûrs')

Something that has been reversed; an opposite.
Logic A proposition obtained by conversion.

[Latin conversus, past participle of convertere, to turn around; see convert.]

con·verse'ly adv.

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converse (v.)

"to communicate (with)," 1596; earlier "to move about" (1340), from O.Fr. converser (12c.), from L. conversari (see conversation).

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converse (adj.)

"exact opposite," 1570, from L. conversus "turn around," pp. of convertere "to turn about" (see convert). Originally mathematical.

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converse
adjective
1.	of words so related that one reverses the relation denoted by the other; "'parental' and 'filial' are converse terms"
2.	turned about in order or relation; "transposed letters"
noun
1.	a proposition obtained by conversion
verb
1.	carry on a conversation

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converse [kənˈvəːs] verb

to talk
Example: It is difficult to converse with people who do not speak your language.

Arabic:	يَتَحَدَّث، يُحادِث
Chinese (Simplified):	交谈
Chinese (Traditional):	交談
Czech:	hovořit
Danish:	samtale; tale sammen; konversere
Dutch:	converseren
Estonian:	vestlema
Finnish:	keskustella
French:	converser
German:	sich unterhalten
Greek:	συζητώ
Hungarian:	társalog
Icelandic:	ræða við
Indonesian:	bicara
Japanese:	語り合う

Korean:	대화하다
Latvian:	sarunāties
Lithuanian:	kalbėtis
Norwegian:	føre en samtale, snakke sammen
Polish:	rozmawiać
Portuguese (Brazil):	conversar
Portuguese (Portugal):	conversar
Romanian:	a discuta
Russian:	общаться
Slovak:	hovoriť
Slovenian:	občevati
Spanish:	conversar, charlar
Swedish:	konversera, samtala
Turkish:	konuşmak, sohbet etmek

converse [ˈkonvəːs] noun

the opposite; the contrary

Arabic:	ضِد، نَقيض، عَكْس
Chinese (Simplified):	反题；相反的事物／说法
Chinese (Traditional):	反題；相反的事物／說法
Czech:	opak
Danish:	det omvendte; det modsatte
Dutch:	het omgekeerde
Estonian:	vastand
Finnish:	vastakohta
French:	contraire
German:	gegenteilig
Greek:	το αντίθετο
Hungarian:	ellentét
Icelandic:	andstæða
Indonesian:	kebalikan
Japanese:	反対

Korean:	반대; 역
Latvian:	pretstats; pretējais
Lithuanian:	priešingumas, priešingybė
Norwegian:	det motsatte, *omvendte
Polish:	odwrotność
Portuguese (Brazil):	inverso
Portuguese (Portugal):	inverso
Romanian:	opus; contrar
Russian:	противоположное
Slovak:	opak
Slovenian:	nasprotje
Spanish:	contrario, inverso
Swedish:	omvänd, motsatt
Turkish:	karşıtı, zıddı

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Converse

Con"tra*ry\, n.; pl. Contraries. 1. A thing that is of contrary or opposite qualities.

No contraries hold more antipathy Than I and such a knave. --Shak.

2. An opponent; an enemy. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

3. the opposite; a proposition, fact, or condition incompatible with another; as, slender proofs which rather show the contrary. See Converse, n., 1. --Locke.

4. (Logic) See Contraries.

On the contrary, in opposition; on the other hand. --Swift.

To the contrary, to an opposite purpose or intent; on the other side. "They did it, not for want of instruction to the contrary." --Bp. Stillingfleet.

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Converse

Con*verse"\ (k[o^]n*v[~e]rs"), 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. --Thomson.

Conversing with the world, we use the world's fashions. --Sir W. Scott.

But to converse with heaven - This is not easy. --Wordsworth.

2. 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.

Companions That do converse and waste the time together. --Shak.

We had conversed so often on that subject. --Dryden.

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. --Locke.

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

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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. --Byron.

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. --Pope.

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Converse

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

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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.

Note: 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.

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