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converses

converses is the third-person singular simple present indicative of converse.

Meaning of converse

Verb

converse (third-person singular simple present converses, present participle conversing, simple past and past participle conversed)

  1. (formal, intransitive) To talk; to engage in conversation.
    • Companions[…]
      That do converse and waste the time together.c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
  2. To keep company; to hold intimate intercourse; to commune.
    • To seek the distant hills, and there converse
      With nature.a. 1749 (date written), James Thomson, “Summer”, in The Seasons, London: […] A[ndrew] Millar, and sold by Thomas Cadell, […], published 1768, →OCLC
  3. (obsolete) To have knowledge of something, from long talk or study.
    • according as the objects they converse with afford greater or less variety1689 (indicated as 1690), [John Locke], An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding. […], London: […] Eliz[abeth] Holt, for Thomas Basset, […], →OCLC

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Proper noun capitalized: Converses

Converses

  1. (plural) plural of Converse

Questions about converses

What is converses the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Converses is the third-person singular simple present indicative of converse.
What part of speech is converses?
Converses is a proper noun.

Words near converses in the dictionary

  1. conversed
  2. conversely
  3. converseness
  4. converser
  5. conversers
  6. converses
  7. conversest
  8. converseth
  9. conversi
  10. conversible
  11. conversing

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