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Webster 1913 Edition
Converse
Con-verse′
(kŏn-vẽrs′)
, Verb.
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
With nature.
converse
With nature.
Thomson.
Conversing
with the world, we use the world’s fashions. Sir W. Scott.
But to
This is not easy.
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
That do
converse
and waste the time together. Shakespeare
We had
conversed
so often on that subject. Dryden.
3.
To have knowledge of, from long intercourse or study; – said of things.
Syn. – To associate; commune; discourse; talk; chat.
Con′verse
,Noun.
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
From grave to gay, from lively to severe.
converse
happily to steerFrom grave to gay, from lively to severe.
Pope.
Con′verse
,Adj.
Turned about; reversed in order or relation; reciprocal;
as, a
. converse
propositionCon′verse
,Noun.
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
. ☞ 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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Converse
CONVERSE
,Verb.
I.
1.
To keep company; to associate; to cohabit; to hold intercourse and be intimately acquainted; followed by with.For him who lonely loves to seek the distant hills, and their converse with nature.
2.
To have sexual commerce.3.
To talk familiarly; to have free intercourse in mutual communication of thoughts and opinions; to convey thoughts reciprocally; followed by with before the person addressed, and on before the subject. Converse as friend with friend. We have often conversed with each other on the merit of Miltons poetry. [This is now the most general use of the word.]CONVERSE
,Noun.
1.
Conversation; familiar discourse or talk; free interchange of thoughts or opinions.Formed by thy converse happily to steer from grave to gay, from lively to severe.
2.
Acquaintance by frequent or customary intercourse; cohabitation; familiarity. In this sense, the word may include discourse, or not; as, to hold converse with persons of different sects; or to hold converse with terrestrial things.3.
In mathematics, an opposite proposition; thus, after drawing a conclusion from something supposed, we invert the order, making the conclusion the supposition or premises, and draw from it what was first supposed. Thus, if two sides of a triangle are equal, the angles opposite the sides are equal: and the converse is true; if these angles are equal, the two sides are equal.