converse

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   of words so related that one reverses the relation denoted by the other

   `parental' and `filial' are converse terms

2. 2
   verb

   To talk; to engage in conversation.

   Companions[…] That do converse and waste the time together.

3. 3
   verb

   To keep company; to hold intimate intercourse; to commune.

   To seek the distant hills, and there converse With nature.

4. 4
   verb

   To have knowledge of something, from long talk or study.

   according as the objects they converse with afford greater or less variety

5. 5
   noun

   Free verbal interchange of thoughts or views; conversation; chat.

   Twice ere the sun descends, with zeal inspir'd, / From the vain converse of the world retir'd, / She reads the psalms and chapters for the day […]

6. 6
   adj

   Opposite; reversed in order or relation; reciprocal.

   a converse proposition

7. 7
   noun

   Of a proposition or theorem consisting of a statement of the form "If A is true, then B is true", the statement "If B is true, then A is true" which need not be equivalent to the first one.

   All trout are fish, but the converse, that all fish are trout, is not true.

8. 8
   adj

   turned about in order or relation

Etymology

From Latin conversus (“turned around”), past participle of converto (“turn about”).