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[kənˈvəːs], (Verb)
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- engage in conversation
(e.g: she was withdrawn and preoccupied, hardly able to converse with her mother)
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late Middle English (in the sense ‘live among, be familiar with’): from Old French converser, from Latin conversari ‘keep company (with’), from con- ‘with’ + versare, frequentative of vertere ‘to turn’. The current sense of the verb dates from the early 17th century
[ˈkɒnvəːs], (Noun)
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- conversation
(e.g: his converse at such seasons was always elevating)
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late Middle English (in the sense ‘live among, be familiar with’): from Old French converser, from Latin conversari ‘keep company (with’), from con- ‘with’ + versare, frequentative of vertere ‘to turn’. The current sense of the verb dates from the early 17th century
[ˈkɒnvəːs], (Noun)
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- a situation, object, or statement that is the reverse of another or corresponds to it but with certain terms transposed
(e.g: if spirituality is properly political, the converse is also true: politics is properly spiritual)
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Origin
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late Middle English: from Latin conversus ‘turned about’, past participle of convertere (see convert)
[kənˈvəːs], (Adjective)
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- having characteristics which are the reverse of something else already mentioned
(e.g: the only mode of change will be the slow process of growth and the converse process of decay)
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late Middle English: from Latin conversus ‘turned about’, past participle of convertere (see convert)
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