converse

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B1 — Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun a proposition obtained by conversion
verb carry on a conversation
adjective of words so related that one reverses the relation denoted by the other

From Old French converser, from Latin conversor (“live, have dealings with”).

Father and son were presently holding converse beneath a dusty roadside cedar. — The Long Roll, Mary Johnston
If we seek for the lowest foundation-stones of these converse propositions we find that in the one it is ability, in the other, courage. — On War, Carl von Clausewitz
A lady with one of her ears applied To an open keyhole heard, inside, Two female gossips in converse free-- The subject engaging them was she. — The Devil's Dictionary, Ambrose Bierce

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