[kənˈvəːs], (Verb)

Definitions:
- engage in conversation
(e.g: she was withdrawn and preoccupied, hardly able to converse with her mother)


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English (in the sense ‘live among, be familiar with’): from Old French converser, from Latin conversari ‘keep company (with’), from con- ‘with’ + versare, frequentative of vertere ‘to turn’. The current sense of the verb dates from the early 17th century

[ˈkɒnvəːs], (Noun)

Definitions:
- conversation
(e.g: his converse at such seasons was always elevating)


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English (in the sense ‘live among, be familiar with’): from Old French converser, from Latin conversari ‘keep company (with’), from con- ‘with’ + versare, frequentative of vertere ‘to turn’. The current sense of the verb dates from the early 17th century

[ˈkɒnvəːs], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a situation, object, or statement that is the reverse of another or corresponds to it but with certain terms transposed
(e.g: if spirituality is properly political, the converse is also true: politics is properly spiritual)


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English: from Latin conversus ‘turned about’, past participle of convertere (see convert)

[kənˈvəːs], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- having characteristics which are the reverse of something else already mentioned
(e.g: the only mode of change will be the slow process of growth and the converse process of decay)


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English: from Latin conversus ‘turned about’, past participle of convertere (see convert)