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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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