converse

Meanings

Verb

• to talk; to engage in conversation
• to keep company; to hold intimate intercourse; to commune; followed by with
• to have knowledge of (a thing), from long intercourse or study

Noun

• free verbal interchange of thoughts or views; conversation; chat.
• the opposite or reverse
• of a proposition or theorem of the form: given that "If A is true, then B is true", then "If B is true, then A is true."
  equivalently: given that "All Xs are Ys", then "All Ys are Xs".
• one of a pair of terms that name or describe a relationship from opposite perspectives; converse antonym; relational antonym

Adjective

• opposite; reversed in order or relation; reciprocal

Origin

• From Old French converser, from Latin converso
• From Latin conversus, past participle of converto