CONVERSE


Meaning of CONVERSE in English

[con.verse] n (15c) 1 obs: social interaction

2: conversation

[2]con.verse vi con.versed ; con.vers.ing [ME, to live (with), fr. MF converser, fr. L conversari] (1586) 1 archaic a: to become occupied or engaged b: to have acquaintance or familiarity

2. a: to exchange thoughts and opinions in speech: talk b: to carry on an exchange similar to a conversation (as with a computer) -- con.vers.er n [3]con.verse n [L conversus, pp. of convertere] (1570): something reversed in order, relation, or action: as a: a theorem formed by interchanging the hypothesis and conclusion of a given theorem b: a proposition obtained by interchange of the subject and predicate of a given proposition ""no P is S" is the ~ of "no S is P"" [4]con.verse adj (1794) 1: reversed in order, relation, or action

2: being a logical or mathematical converse "the ~ theorem" -- con.verse.ly adv

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