of words so related that one reverses the relation denoted by the other
<adj.all> `parental' and `filial' are converse terms
turned about in order or relation
<adj.all> transposed letters
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.
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.
``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.
Converse \Con"verse\, a. [L. conversus, p. p. of convertere. See {Convert}.] Turned about; reversed in order or relation; reciprocal; as, a converse proposition.
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.
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.
Nothing is worse than trying to converse with flowers in your face.
The danger in framing the issue this way is that the converse may occur: Those who reject Ms. Hill's charges may also reject the imperative of fighting sexual harassment.
"It is important to say we care enough to come to New York, to meet with our peers, to converse about the future of children, to see what we can do together." - Canadian Ambassador Yves Fortier, an organizer of the World Summit for Children.
In the future, the hair-thin strands may be be installed house-to-house and business-to-business, facilitating video telephones and computers that converse with each other more rapidly than they can over current conventional telephone lines with a modem.
The TSB Group Management College is using multimedia techniques to develop and test its managers' financial skills in a situation as close to real life as possible. Students converse with Evans through the keyboard.
Americans and Soviets struggled to converse, and traded pins, hats and anything else not nailed down.
The Guidance Ministry provided interpreters so reporters could converse with the prisoners.
If the company is obliged to underwrite the negative equity that arises in such circumstances but cannot realise surpluses in the converse situation, it is effectively being asked to write a put option on its investment portfolio.
Published emigres have good English writing and listening skills but may require exposure to converse in fluent, idiomatic, functional English.
The core of reality to the Diamond/Oxy story is that Mr. Milken did indeed converse with Mr. Boesky with respect to this deal.
It is enough to say that he was one of the most poisonous individuals this century has so far produced. There is a converse side to this.
Of Mr. Velazquez, the president says: "He's a labor leader with whom it's possible to converse and to reach an agreement, and he has the ability to fulfill it.
Walt Riker, Dole's press secretary, said Dole believes that Secret Service protection is too expensive and "limits where you can go and what you can do. He likes to go out, meet the people and shake their hands." The converse applies, too.