Conversationalist
Con′ver‐sa″tion‐al‐ist, n. A conversationist.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.
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Conversationed
Conver‐sa″tioned (–shŭnd), a. Acquainted with manners and deportment; behaved.Till she be better conversationed,... I'll keepAs far from her as the gallows.Beau. & Fl.
Conversationism
Con′ver‐sa″tion‐ism (–ĭz'm), n. A word or phrase used in conversation; a colloquialism.
Conversationist
Con′ver‐sa″tion‐ist, n. One who converses much, or who excels in conversation. Byron.
Conversative
Con‐ver″sa‐tive (kŏn‐vẽr″sȧ‐tĭv), a. Relating to intercourse with men; social; — opposed to contemplative.She chose... to endue him with the conversative qualities of youth.Sir ...
Conversazione
‖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.Thes...
Converse
Con‐verse″ (kŏn‐vẽrs″), 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, remai...
Converse (2)
Con″verse (?), n. 1. Frequent intercourse; familiar communion; intimate association. Glanvill.“T is but to holdConverse with Nature's charms, and view her stores unrolled.Byron....
Converse (3)
Con″verse, a. [L. conversus, p. p. of convertere. See Convert.] Turned about; reversed in order or relation; reciprocal; as, a converse proposition.
Converse (4)
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, ...
Conversely
Con″verse‐ly (? or �; 277), adv. In a converse manner; with change of order or relation; reciprocally. J. S. Mill.
Converser
Con‐vers″er (?), n. One who engages in conversation.
Conversible
Con‐ver″si‐ble (?), a. Capable of being converted or reversed. Hammond.
Conversion
Con‐ver″sion (?), n. [L. conversio: cf. F. conversion. See Convert.] 1. The act of turning or changing from one state or condition to another, or the state of being changed; tra...
Conversive
Con‐ver″sive (?), a. 1. Capable of being converted or changed.2. Ready to converse; social. Feltham.
Convert
Con‐vert″ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Converted; p. pr. & vb. n.Converting.] [L. convertere, -versum; con- + vertere to turn: cf. F. convertir. See Verse.] 1. To cause to turn; to t...
Convert (2)
Con‐vert″, v. i. To be turned or changed in character or direction; to undergo a change, physically or morally.If Nebo had had the preaching that thou hast, they would have conv...
Convert (3)
Con″vert (?), n. 1. A person who is converted from one opinion or practice to another; a person who is won over to, or heartily embraces, a creed, religious system, or party, in...
Convertend
Con′ver‐tend″ (?), n. [L. convertenus to be converted.] (Logic) Any proposition which is subject to the process of conversion; — so called in its relation to itself as converted...
Converter
Con‐vert″er (?), n. 1. One who converts; one who makes converts.2. (Steel Manuf.) A retort, used in the Bessemer process, in which molten cast iron is decarburized and converted...
Convertibility
Con‐vert′i‐bil″i‐ty (?), n. The condition or quality of being convertible; capability of being exchanged; convertibleness.The mutual convertibility of land into money, and of mo...
Convertible
Con‐vert″i‐ble (?), a. [L. convertibilis: cf. F. convertible.] 1. Capable of being converted; susceptible of change; transmutable; transformable.Minerals are not convertible int...
Convertibleness
Con‐vert″i‐ble‐ness (?), n. The state of being convertible; convertibility.
Convertibly
Con‐vert″i‐bly, adv. In a convertible manner.
Convertite
Con″vert‐ite (?), n. [Cf. It. convertito, p. p. of convertire to convert.] A convert. Shak.
Convex
Con″vex (?), a. [L. convexus vaulted, arched, convex, concave, fr. convehere to bring together: cf. F. convexe. See Vehicle.] Rising or swelling into a spherical or rounded form...
Convex (2)
Con″vex, n. A convex body or surface.Half heaven's convex glitters with the flame.Tickell.☞ This word was often pronounced con-vex' by early writers, as by Milton, and occasiona...