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con·verse (kən vʉrs′; for n. kän′vʉrs′)

intransitive verb conversed -·versed′, conversing -·vers′·ing

  1. to hold a conversation; talk
  2. Obsolete to consort; interact socially

Etymology: ME conversen < OFr converser < L conversari, to live with, keep company with, freq. of convertere: see convert

noun

  1. informal talk; conversation
  2. Obsolete social interaction

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converse2 definition

con·verse (kän′vʉrs; also, for adj., kən vʉrs′)

adjective

reversed in position, order, action, etc.; opposite; contrary; turned about

Etymology: L conversus, pp. of convertere: see convert

noun

  1. a thing related in a converse way; the opposite
  2. Logic a proposition obtained by conversion

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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