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Conversable
Conversable Con*vers"a*ble, a. [Cf. F. conversable.]
Qualified for conversation; disposed to converse; sociable;
free in discourse.
While young, humane, conversable, and kind. --Cowper.
Conversableness
Conversableness Con*vers"a*ble*ness, n.
The quality of being conversable; disposition to converse;
sociability.
Conversably
Conversably Con*vers"a*bly, adv.
In a conversable manner.
Conversance
Conversance Con"ver*sance, n.
The state or quality of being conversant; habit of
familiarity; familiar acquaintance; intimacy. [R.]
Conversancy
Conversancy Con"ver*san*cy, n.
Conversance [R.]
Conversant
Conversant Con*vers"ant, n.
One who converses with another; a convenser. [R.]
Conversant
Conversant Con"ver*sant, a. [L. conversans, p. pr. of
conversari: cf. F. conversant.]
1. Having frequent or customary intercourse; familiary
associated; intimately acquainted.
I have been conversant with the first persons of the
age. --Dryden.
2. Familiar or acquainted by use or study; well-informed;
versed; -- generally used with with, sometimes with in.
Deeply conversant in the Platonic philosophy.
--Dryden.
he uses the different dialects as one who had been
conversant with them all. --Pope.
Conversant only with the ways of men. --Cowper.
3. Concerned; occupied.
Education . . . is conversant about children. --W.
Wotton.
Conversantly
Conversantly Con"ver*sant*ly, adv.
In a familiar manner.
Conversational
Conversational Con`ver*sa"tion*al
(k[o^]n`v[~e]r*s[=a]"sh[u^]n*al), a.
Pertaining to conversation; in the manner of one conversing;
as, a conversational style. --Thackeray.
Conversationalist
Conversationalist Con`ver*sa"tion*al*ist, n.
A conversationist.
Conversationist
Conversationist Con`ver*sa"tion*ist, n.
One who converses much, or who excels in conversation.
--Byron.
Conversative
Conversative Con*ver"sa*tive (k[o^]n*v[~e]r"s[.a]*t[i^]v), a.
Relating to intercourse with men; social; -- opposed to
contemplative.
She chose . . . to endue him with the conversative
qualities of youth. --Sir H.
Wotton.
Conversazi-oneConversazi-one Con`ver*sa`zi-o"ne (?or ?), n.; pl.
Conversazioni. [It. See Conversation.]
A meeting or assembly for conversation, particularly on
literary or scientific subjects. --Gray.
These conversazioni [at Florence] resemble our card
assemblies. --A. Drummond. ConversazioniConversazi-one Con`ver*sa`zi-o"ne (?or ?), n.; pl.
Conversazioni. [It. See Conversation.]
A meeting or assembly for conversation, particularly on
literary or scientific subjects. --Gray.
These conversazioni [at Florence] resemble our card
assemblies. --A. Drummond. ConverseConverse Con"verse, a. [L. conversus, p. p. of convertere. See
Convert.]
Turned about; reversed in order or relation; reciprocal; as,
a converse proposition. Converse
Converse Con"verse, n.
1. (Logic) A proposition which arises from interchanging the
terms of another, as by putting the predicate for the
subject, and the subject for the predicate; as, no virtue
is vice, no vice is virtue.
Note: It should not (as is often done) be confounded with the
contrary or opposite of a proposition, which is formed
by introducing the negative not or no.
2. (Math.) A proposition in which, after a conclusion from
something supposed has been drawn, the order is inverted,
making the conclusion the supposition or premises, what
was first supposed becoming now the conclusion or
inference. Thus, if two sides of a sides of a triangle are
equal, the angles opposite the sides are equal; and the
converse is true, i.e., if these angles are equal, the two
sides are equal.
Conversely
Conversely Con"verse*ly (? or ?; 277), adv.
In a converse manner; with change of order or relation;
reciprocally. --J. S. Mill.
Converser
Converser Con*vers"er, n.
One who engages in conversation.
Conversible
Conversible Con*ver"si*ble, a.
Capable of being converted or reversed. --Hammond.
Conversive
Conversive Con*ver"sive, a.
1. Capable of being converted or changed.
2. Ready to converse; social. [Archaic] --Feltham.
Criminal conversationCriminal Crim"i*nal (kr?m"?-nal), a. [L. criminalis, fr.
crimen: cf. F. criminel. See Crime.]
1. Guilty of crime or sin.
The neglect of any of the relative duties renders us
criminal in the sight of God. --Rogers.
2. Involving a crime; of the nature of a crime; -- said of an
act or of conduct; as, criminal carelessness.
Foppish and fantastic ornaments are only indications
of vice, not criminal in themselves. --Addison.
3. Relating to crime; -- opposed to civil; as, the criminal
code.
The officers and servants of the crown, violating
the personal liberty, or other right of the subject
. . . were in some cases liable to criminal process.
--Hallam.
Criminal action (Law), an action or suit instituted to
secure conviction and punishment for a crime.
Criminal conversation (Law), unlawful intercourse with a
married woman; adultery; -- usually abbreviated, crim.
con.
Criminal law, the law which relates to crimes. Illative conversionIllative Il"la*tive, a. [L. illativus: cf. F. illatif.]
Relating to, dependent on, or denoting, illation;
inferential; conclusive; as, an illative consequence or
proposition; an illative word, as then, therefore, etc.
Illative conversion (Logic), a converse or reverse
statement of a proposition which in that form must be true
because the original proposition is true.
Illative sense (Metaph.), the faculty of the mind by which
it apprehends the conditions and determines upon the
correctness of inferences. Inconversable
Inconversable In`con*vers"a*ble, a.
Incommunicative; unsocial; reserved. [Obs.]
Inconversant
Inconversant In*con"ver*sant, a.
Not conversant; not acquainted; not versed; unfamiliar.
Reconversion
Reconversion Re`con*ver"sion (-v?r"sh?n), n.
A second conversion.
Unconversion
Unconversion Un`con*ver"sion, n.
The state of being unconverted; impenitence. [R.]
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