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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: 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. [1913 Webster] To seek the distant hills, and there converse With nature. --Thomson. [1913 Webster] Conversing with the world, we use the world's fashions. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster] But to converse with heaven This is not easy. --Wordsworth. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] Companions That do converse and waste the time together. --Shak. [1913 Webster] We had conversed so often on that subject. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 3. To have knowledge of, from long intercourse or study; -- said of things. [1913 Webster] According as the objects they converse with afford greater or less variety. --Locke. Syn: To associate; commune; discourse; talk; chat. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Converse \Con"verse\, n. 1. Frequent intercourse; familiar communion; intimate association. --Glanvill. [1913 Webster] 'T is but to hold Converse with Nature's charms, and view her stores unrolled. --Byron. [1913 Webster] 2. Familiar discourse; free interchange of thoughts or views; conversation; chat. [1913 Webster] Formed by thy converse happily to steer From grave to gay, from lively to severe. --Pope. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Converse \Con"verse\, a. [L. conversus, p. p. of convertere. See {Convert}.] Turned about; reversed in order or relation; reciprocal; as, a converse proposition. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: 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. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: converse adj 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" [syn: {converse}, {reversed}, {transposed}] n 1: a proposition obtained by conversion v 1: carry on a conversation [syn: {converse}, {discourse}]