converse

[verb kuhn-vurs; noun kon-vurs]

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verb (used without object), con·versed, con·vers·ing.

to talk informally with another or others; exchange views, opinions, etc., by talking.
Archaic. to maintain a familiar association (usually followed by with).
Obsolete. to have sexual intercourse (usually followed by with).

noun

familiar discourse or talk; conversation.

Origin of converse

1300–50; Middle English conversen < Middle French converser < Latin conversārī to associate with. See con-, verse

Related formscon·vers·er, noun

Synonyms for converse

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1. chat, discuss. See speak.

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Related Words for conversed

commune, use, yak, chat, parley, chitchat, exchange, confer, discourse, rap, gab, speak, schmooze

Examples from the Web for conversed

Contemporary Examples of conversed

I not only got to work with them but conversed with both of them at length.
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Not only did I met children of all stripes, I met and conversed with adults from a young age.
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Historical Examples of conversed

To me he is the most intolerable creature that I ever conversed with.
Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9)
Samuel Richardson
During his “walks” Mr Verloc, of course, met and conversed with various persons.
The Secret Agent
Joseph Conrad
The nephew smiled; and, falling back, conversed with Evelyn.
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Edward Bulwer-Lytton
Vargrave conversed lightly on the weather, the news, the last book.
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Edward Bulwer-Lytton
A friend from Brooklyn called, and with him he conversed for half an hour.
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British Dictionary definitions for conversed

converse

verb (kənˈvɜːs) (intr often foll by with)

to engage in conversation (with)
to commune spiritually (with)
obsolete
1. to associate; consort
2. to have sexual intercourse

noun (ˈkɒnvɜːs)

conversation (often in the phrase hold converse with)
obsolete
1. fellowship or acquaintance
2. sexual intercourse

Derived Formsconverser, noun

Word Origin for converse

C16: from Old French converser, from Latin conversārī to keep company with, from conversāre to turn constantly, from vertere to turn

converse

adjective

(prenominal) reversed; opposite; contrary

noun

something that is opposite or contrary
logic
1. a categorical proposition obtained from another by the transposition of subject and predicate, as no bad man is bald from no bald man is bad
2. a proposition so derived, possibly by weakening a universal proposition to the corresponding particular, as some socialists are rich from all rich men are socialists
logic maths a relation that holds between two relata only when a given relation holds between them in reverse order: thus father of is the converse of son of

Word Origin for converse

C16: from Latin conversus turned around; see converse 1

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Word Origin and History for conversed

converse

"to communicate (with)," 1590s; earlier "to move about, live, dwell" (mid-14c.), from Old French converser "to talk" (12c.), from Latin conversari (see conversation). Related: Conversed; conversing.

converse

adj.

"exact opposite," 1560s, from Latin conversus "turn around," past participle of convertere "to turn about" (see convert). Originally mathematical. The noun is attested from 1550s in mathematics. Related: Conversely.