Hypertext Webster Gateway: "conversing"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Converse \Con*verse"\ (k[o^]n*v[~e]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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