converse1
v.
/
kənˈvəːs/
engage in conversation.
n.
/
ˈkɒnvəːs/
archaic conversation.
Derivative
Etymology
ME (in the sense ‘live among, be familiar with’): from OFr. converser, from L. conversari ‘keep company (with)’, from con- ‘with’ + versare, frequentative of vertere ‘to turn’.
converse2
/
ˈkɒnvəːs/
n.
a situation, fact, or statement that is the opposite of another.
▸Mathematics a theorem whose hypothesis and conclusion are the conclusion and hypothesis of another.
adj.
opposite.
Derivative
Etymology
ME: from L. conversus ‘turned about’, past part. of convertere (see convert).
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