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.
&fist; 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.
Con"verse , a. [L. conversus, p. p. of convertere. See Convert.]
Turned about; reversed in order or relation; reciprocal; as, a converse proposition.
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.
Con*verse" (k&obreve;n*v&etilde;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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