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1 definition found 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.
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