converse
/ˈkɑnvɝs/ noun B2- The opposite or reverse.
- Of a proposition or theorem consisting of a statement of the form "If A is true, then B is true", the statement "If B is true, then A is true" which need not be equivalent to the first one. · All trout are fish, but the converse, that all fish are trout, is not true.
- One of a pair of terms that name or describe a relationship from opposite perspectives; converse antonym; relational antonym.
- Synonym of transpose.
Plural converses
From the library
Before the entrance of the magistrates, and indeed frequently afterwards, a court of justice, on days when some especial trial is to take place, resembles a drawing-room where many persons recognize each other and converse if they can do so without losing their seats; or, if they are separated by too great a number of lawyers, communicate by signs.
You will not thank me for detaining you from the bewitching converse of that young lady, whose bright eyes are also upbraiding me.”
She could think of nothing more to say; but if he wished to converse with her, he might have better success.
Elizabeth did all she could to shield him from the frequent notice of either, and was ever anxious to keep him to herself, and to those of her family with whom he might converse without mortification; and though the uncomfortable feelings arising from all this took from the season of courtship much of its pleasure, it added to the hope of the future; and she looked forward with delight to the time when they should be removed from society so little pleasing to either, to all the comfort and elegance of their family party at Pemberley.
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