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Definition of: converse
(kən·vûrs′) v.i. ·versed, ·vers·ing
1. To speak together informally and alternately; engage in familiar conversation or colloquy.
2. Obs. To associate; have intercourse; commune.
—noun (kon′vûrs)
1. Conversation; interchange of thoughts.
2. Close intercourse; communion; fellowship. [<OF converser <L conversari, freq. of convertere <com- together + vertere turn]
—con·vers′·a·ble adjective
—con·vers′a·bly adverb
—con·vers′·er noun
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