What is "converse"

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.

   To seek the distant hills, and there converse With nature.
   --Thomson.

   Conversing with the world, we use the world's fashions.
   --Sir W. Scott.

   But to converse with heaven This is not easy.
   --Wordsworth.

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.

   Companions That do converse and waste the time together.
   --Shak.

   We had conversed so often on that subject.
   --Dryden.

3. To have knowledge of, from long intercourse or study; -- said of things.

   According as the objects they converse with afford greater or less variety.
   --Locke.

   Syn: To associate; commune; discourse; talk; chat.

Converse \Con"verse\, n.

1. Frequent intercourse; familiar communion; intimate association.
   --Glanvill.

   ``T is but to hold Converse with Nature's charms, and view her stores unrolled.
   --Byron.

2. Familiar discourse; free interchange of thoughts or views; conversation; chat.

   Formed by thy converse happily to steer From grave to gay, from lively to severe.
   --Pope.

Converse \Con"verse\, a. [L. conversus, p. p. of convertere. See Convert.] Turned about; reversed in order or relation; reciprocal; as, a converse proposition.

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.

"to communicate (with)," 1590s; earlier "to move about, live, dwell" (mid-14c.), from Old French converser "to talk" (12c.), from Latin conversari (see conversation). Related: Conversed; conversing.

"exact opposite," 1560s, from Latin conversus "turn around," past participle of convertere "to turn about" (see convert). Originally mathematical. The noun is attested from 1550s in mathematics. Related: Conversely.

Etymology 1 n. (senseid en noun_discourse)(context now literary English) familiar discourse; free interchange of thoughts or views; conversation; chat. vb. 1 (context formal intransitive English) To talk; to engage in conversation. 2 To keep company; to hold intimate intercourse; to commune; followed by ''with''. 3 (context obsolete English) To have knowledge of (a thing), from long intercourse or study. Etymology 2

1. Opposite; reversed in order or relation; reciprocal. n. 1 The opposite or reverse. 2 (context logic English) 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"''.

1. adj. of words so related that one reverses the relation denoted by the other; "`parental' and `filial' are converse terms"

2. turned about in order or relation; "transposed letters" [syn: reversed, transposed]

1. n. a proposition obtained by conversion

2. v. carry on a conversation [syn: discourse]

Converse is an American shoe company with a production output that primarily consists of apparel, skating shoes and lifestyle brand footwear. Converse is known as one of America's most iconic footwear companies.

The company was founded in 1908 by Marquis Mills Converse and has been a subsidiary of Nike, Inc. since 2003. It was one of the few producers of athletic shoes and for over a half century the company dominated the American court shoe market. Converse shoes are distinguished by a number of features, including; the company's star insignia, the All Star's rubber sole, smooth rounded top, and wrap-around strip that have become extremely distinguishable internationally.

Converse manufactures its products under the Cons, Chuck Taylor All-Star, John Varvatos, and Jack Purcell trade names. In addition to apparel and footwear, the company sells other items globally through retailers in over 160 countries and through approximately 75 company-owned retail stores across the United States, and employed 2,658 in the U.S. in 2015.

In logic, the converse of a categorical or implicational statement is the result of reversing its two parts. For the implication P → Q, the converse is Q → P. For the categorical proposition All S is P, the converse is All P is S. In neither case does the converse necessarily follow from the original statement. The categorical converse of a statement is contrasted with the contrapositive and the obverse.

Converse may refer to:

In linguistics, converses or relational antonyms are pairs of words that refer to a relationship from opposite points of view, such as parent/child or borrow/lend. The relationship between such words is called a converse relation. Converses can be understood as a pair of words where one word implies a relationship between two objects, while the other implies the existence of the same relationship when the objects are reversed. Converses are sometimes referred to as complementary antonyms because an "either/or" relationship is present between them. One exists only because the other exists.

Converse is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Florence Converse (1871–1967), American author
• Frank Converse (born 1938), American actor
• Frederick Converse (1871–1940), American composer of classical music
• George A. Converse (1844–1909), officer of the United States Navy
• George L. Converse (1827–1897), American politician, a U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1879–1881
• Julius Converse (1798–1885), American politician, Governor of Vermont from 1872–1874
• Philip Converse (born 1928), American political scientist