Associations to the word «Converse»

Wiktionary

CONVERSE, verb. (formal) (intransitive) To talk; to engage in conversation.
CONVERSE, verb. To keep company; to hold intimate intercourse; to commune; followed by with.
CONVERSE, verb. (obsolete) To have knowledge of (a thing), from long intercourse or study.
CONVERSE, noun. ​(now literary) Familiar discourse; free interchange of thoughts or views; conversation; chat.
CONVERSE, adjective. Opposite; reversed in order or relation; reciprocal.
CONVERSE, noun. The opposite or reverse.
CONVERSE, noun. (logic) Of a proposition or theorem of the form: given that "If A is true, then B is true", then "If B is true, then A is true." equivalently: given that "All Xs are Ys", then "All Ys are Xs".

Dictionary definition

CONVERSE, noun. A proposition obtained by conversion.
CONVERSE, verb. Carry on a conversation.
CONVERSE, adjective. Of words so related that one reverses the relation denoted by the other; "`parental' and `filial' are converse terms".
CONVERSE, adjective. Turned about in order or relation; "transposed letters".

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley