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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Converse \Con*verse"\ (k[o^]n*v[~e]rs"), verb (used without an object) [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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Converse \Con"verse\, noun
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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Converse \Con"verse\, adjective [L. conversus, p. p. of convertere. See {Convert}.] Turned about; reversed in order or relation; reciprocal; as, a converse proposition.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Converse \Con"verse\, noun
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.
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.
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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
converse
adjective
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: {reversed}, {transposed}]
noun: a proposition obtained by conversion
verb: carry on a conversation [syn: {discourse}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
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
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:
converse The truth of a {proposition} of the form A => B and its converse B => A are shown in the following truth table: A B | A => B B => A ------+---------------- f f | t t f t | t f t f | f t t t | t t (2002-07-12)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
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) [gaz-place]:
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) [gaz-place]:
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) [gaz-place]:
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) [gaz-county]:
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
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