'Conversing' definitions:
Definition of 'Conversing'
From: GCIDE
- Converse \Con*verse"\ (k[o^]n*v[~e]rs"), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Conversed; p. pr. & vb. n. Conversing.] [F. converser, L. conversari to associate with; con- + versari to be turned, to live, remain, fr. versare to turn often, v. intens. of vertere to turn See Convert.]
- 1. To keep company; to hold intimate intercourse; to commune; -- followed by with. [1913 Webster]
- To seek the distant hills, and there converse With nature. --Thomson. [1913 Webster]
- Conversing with the world, we use the world's fashions. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]
- But to converse with heaven This is not easy. --Wordsworth. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To engage in familiar colloquy; to interchange thoughts and opinions in a free, informal manner; to chat; -- followed by with before a person; by on, about, concerning, etc., before a thing. [1913 Webster]
- Companions That do converse and waste the time together. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- We had conversed so often on that subject. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To have knowledge of, from long intercourse or study; -- said of things. [1913 Webster]
- According as the objects they converse with afford greater or less variety. --Locke.
- Syn: To associate; commune; discourse; talk; chat. [1913 Webster]
Words containing 'Conversing'
- Conversable,
- Conversableness,
- Conversably,
- Conversance,
- Conversancy,
- Conversant,
- Conversantly,
- Conversation,
- Conversational,
- Conversationed,
- Conversative,
- Converse,
- Converse, IN,
- Conversed,
- Conversely,
- Converser,
- Conversible,
- Conversion,
- Conversive,
- conversationally,
- Converse County,
- Converse, LA,
- Converse, TX,
- Converse, WY,
- Criminal conversation,
- Illative conversion,
- conversation piece,
- conversation stopper,
- conversational partner,
- conversion disorder,
- conversion factor,
- conversion hysteria,
- conversion reaction,
- data conversion,
- telephone conversation,
- Converse County, WY