converse (verb)
11converse — I verb they conversed in low voices Syn: talk, speak, chat, have a conversation, discourse, communicate; informal chew the fat, jaw, visit, shoot the breeze; formal confabulate II noun the converse is also true Syn: opposite, reverse, obverse …
12converse — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. transposed, reversed, turned about; reciprocal; other, opposite, contrary. See opposition. n. reverse, contrary, opposite; counterpart, reciprocal; vice versa. v. See conversation. II (Roget s IV)… …
13converse — converse1 verb kən və:s engage in conversation. noun kɒnvə:s archaic conversation. Derivatives converser noun Origin ME (in the sense live among, be familiar with ): from OFr. converser, from L. conversari keep company (with) , from con with +… …
14converse — 1. [kənˈvɜːs] verb [I] formal to have a conversation 2. [ˈkɒnvɜːs] noun [singular] formal the opposite of a statement or situation …
15Okurigana — (送り仮名, accompanying letters?) are kana suffixes following kanji stems in Japanese written words. They serve two purposes: to inflect adjectives and verbs, and to disambiguate kanji with multiple readings. Okurigana are only used for kun yomi… …
16dialogue — /ˈdaɪəlɒg / (say duyuhlog) noun 1. conversation between two or more persons: *The Church, furthermore, while she prays for them, asks remarried divorcees to keep alive the dialogue with God –anon, apostolate in irregular marriage situations, 1979 …
17verbigeration — /veuhr bij euh ray sheuhn/, Pathol. the constant or obsessive repetition of meaningless words or phrases. [1890 95; < L verbiger(are) to chat, converse (verb(um) word + i I + gerare durative deriv. of gerere to carry on, transact) + ATION] * * * …
18verbigeration — (ˌ) ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈrāshən noun ( s) Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary verbigerate + ion : continual repetition of stereotyped phrases (as in schizophrenia) * * * /veuhr bij euh ray sheuhn/, Pathol. the constant or obsessive repetition… …
19chew the fat — verb talk socially without exchanging too much information the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze • Syn: ↑shoot the breeze, ↑chat, ↑confabulate, ↑confab, ↑chitchat, ↑chit chat, ↑chatter, ↑ …
20conversely — Ⅰ. converse [1] ► VERB ▪ hold a conversation. DERIVATIVES converser noun. ORIGIN originally in the sense «live among, be familiar with»: from Latin conversari keep company with . Ⅱ. converse [2] …
