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