converse
from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
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}]
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.
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To seek the distant hills, and there converse
With nature. --Thomson.
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Conversing with the world, we use the world's
fashions. --Sir W.
Scott.
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But to converse with heaven
This is not easy. --Wordsworth.
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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.
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Companions
That do converse and waste the time together.
--Shak.
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We had conversed so often on that subject. --Dryden.
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3. To have knowledge of, from long intercourse or study; --
said of things.
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According as the objects they converse with afford
greater or less variety. --Locke.
Syn: To associate; commune; discourse; talk; chat.
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from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Converse \Con"verse\, n.
1. Frequent intercourse; familiar communion; intimate
association. --Glanvill.
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'T is but to hold
Converse with Nature's charms, and view her stores
unrolled. --Byron.
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2. Familiar discourse; free interchange of thoughts or views;
conversation; chat.
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Formed by thy converse happily to steer
From grave to gay, from lively to severe. --Pope.
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from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.
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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.
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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.
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from
U.S. Gazetteer (1990)
Converse, IN (town, FIPS 14986)
Location: 40.57994 N, 85.87791 W
Population (1990): 1144 (506 housing units)
Area: 2.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 46919
Converse, LA (village, FIPS 17215)
Location: 31.78036 N, 93.69979 W
Population (1990): 436 (191 housing units)
Area: 5.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Converse, TX (city, FIPS 16468)
Location: 29.51375 N, 98.31185 W
Population (1990): 8887 (3035 housing units)
Area: 13.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 78109
from
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)
Converse, IN -- U.S. town in Indiana
Population (2000): 1137
Housing Units (2000): 548
Land area (2000): 0.890786 sq. miles (2.307125 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.890786 sq. miles (2.307125 sq. km)
FIPS code: 14986
Located within: Indiana (IN), FIPS 18
Location: 40.579654 N, 85.869022 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 46919
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Converse, IN
Converse
from
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)
Converse, TX -- U.S. city in Texas
Population (2000): 11508
Housing Units (2000): 4009
Land area (2000): 6.329015 sq. miles (16.392073 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 6.329015 sq. miles (16.392073 sq. km)
FIPS code: 16468
Located within: Texas (TX), FIPS 48
Location: 29.517280 N, 98.313804 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 78109
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Converse, TX
Converse
from
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)
Converse, LA -- U.S. village in Louisiana
Population (2000): 400
Housing Units (2000): 202
Land area (2000): 2.131506 sq. miles (5.520575 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 2.131506 sq. miles (5.520575 sq. km)
FIPS code: 17215
Located within: Louisiana (LA), FIPS 22
Location: 31.780369 N, 93.698620 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Converse, LA
Converse
from
U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000)
Converse -- U.S. County in Wyoming
Population (2000): 12052
Housing Units (2000): 5669
Land area (2000): 4254.720714 sq. miles (11019.675593 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 10.379576 sq. miles (26.882976 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 4265.100290 sq. miles (11046.558569 sq. km)
Located within: Wyoming (WY), FIPS 56
Location: 42.857379 N, 105.502721 W
Headwords:
Converse
Converse, WY
Converse County
Converse County, WY
from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
167 Moby Thesaurus words for "converse":
ESP, adversative, adverse, adversive, answer, antagonistic, anti,
antipathetic, antipodal, antipode, antipodean, antipodes, antipole,
antithesis, antithetic, antithetical, antonym, antonymous,
at cross-purposes, balancing, bandy words, be in connection,
be in contact, chat, chatter, chew the fat, chew the rag, chin,
clashing, collegiality, colloque, colloquial discourse, colloquize,
colloquy, commerce, commerce with, commune with, communicate,
communicate with, communication, communion, community,
compensating, confab, confabulate, confabulation, conflicting,
confronting, congress, connection, contact, contra, contradictory,
contradistinct, contrapositive, contrarious, contrary, contrasted,
conversation, converse with, conversing, correspondence, counter,
counterbalance, counterbalancing, countercheck, counterpoint,
counterpoise, counterpoised, counterpole, counterterm,
countervailing, dead against, deal with, dealing, dealings,
declaim, dialogue, discordant, discourse, discourse with,
discrepant, discuss, exchange, eyeball to eyeball,
eyeball-to-eyeball, facing, fellowship, foil, gab, give-and-take,
gossip, have dealings with, have intercourse, have truck with,
heads, hold communication, hostile, inconsistent, information,
inimical, interaction, interchange, intercommunicate,
intercommunication, intercommunion, intercourse, interlocution,
interplay, inverse, linguistic intercourse, message, mouth,
obverse, offset, opposed, opposing, opposite, opposite number,
opposite side, oppositional, oppositive, oppugnant, other face,
other side, parley, patter, perverse, polar, polaric, polarized,
rapping, reply, repugnant, response, reverse, setoff,
shoot the breeze, social activity, social intercourse,
social relations, speak, speak with, speaking, speech,
speech circuit, speech situation, squared off, tails,
take counsel with, talk, talk together, talking, telepathy,
the contrary, the other side, touch, traffic, traffic with, truck,
two-way communication, verbal intercourse, vis-a-vis, visit,
visit with, wag the tongue, yarn
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