7 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Converse \Con"verse\, a. [L. conversus p. p. of convertere. See
{Convert}.]
Turned about reversed in order or relation; reciprocal; as
a converse proposition.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Converse \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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
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: {reversed}, {transposed}]
n : (logic) a proposition obtained by conversion
v : carry on a conversation [syn: {discourse}]
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 The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [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
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