Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to converse
Participle: conversed
Gerund: conversing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | converse |
| you | converse |
| he;she;it | converses |
| we | converse |
| you | converse |
| they | converse |
Perfect
| I | have conversed |
| you | have conversed |
| he;she;it | has conversed |
| we | have conversed |
| you | have conversed |
| they | have conversed |
Past
| I | conversed |
| you | conversed |
| he;she;it | conversed |
| we | conversed |
| you | conversed |
| they | conversed |
Pluperfect
| I | had conversed |
| you | had conversed |
| he;she;it | had conversed |
| we | had conversed |
| you | had conversed |
| they | had conversed |
Future
| I | will converse |
| you | will converse |
| he;she;it | will converse |
| we | will converse |
| you | will converse |
| they | will converse |
Future Perfect
| I | will have conversed |
| you | will have conversed |
| he;she;it | will have conversed |
| we | will have conversed |
| you | will have conversed |
| they | will have conversed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | converse |
| you | converse |
| he;she;it | converse |
| we | converse |
| you | converse |
| they | converse |
Perfect
| I | have conversed |
| you | have conversed |
| he;she;it | have conversed |
| we | have conversed |
| you | have conversed |
| they | have conversed |
Imperfect
| I | conversed |
| you | conversed |
| he;she;it | conversed |
| we | conversed |
| you | conversed |
| they | conversed |
Pluperfect
| I | had conversed |
| you | had conversed |
| he;she;it | had conversed |
| we | had conversed |
| you | had conversed |
| they | had conversed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would converse |
| you | would converse |
| he;she;it | would converse |
| we | would converse |
| you | would converse |
| they | would converse |
Perfect
| I | would have conversed |
| you | would have conversed |
| he;she;it | would have conversed |
| we | would have conversed |
| you | would have conversed |
| they | would have conversed |
Imperative
| you | converse |
| we | Let's converse |
| you | converse |
Verbs conjugated like 'converse'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'converse'
converge,
condense,
confesse,
consense,
conserve,
convene,
conversate,
convert,
convulse,
inverse,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to communicate to someone else by means of speech
- articulate, babble, blab, chat, chatter, discuss, jabber, quethe, say, speak, talk, verbalize, yammer
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. "to communicate (with)," 1596; earlier "to move about" (1340), from O.Fr.
converser (12c.), from L.
conversari (see conversation).
2. From Old French converser, from Latin conversor (“live, have dealings with”). See: Old French '
converser', Latin '
conversor'.
Verbs referencing "converse"
Esperanto
konversi.
Sample Sentences
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[...] the words thus written by another; grasping their hands in hers, and following every movement of their fingers, as letter after letter conveys their meaning to her mind. It is in this way that she converses with her blind playmates, and nothing can more forcibly show the power of mind in forcing matter to its purpose than a meeting between them. For if great talent and skill are necessary for two [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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There was a gentleman on board, to whom, as I unintentionally learned through the thin partition which divided our state-room from the cabin in which he and his wife conversed together, I was unwittingly the occasion of very great uneasiness. I do n't know why or wherefore, but I appeared to run in his mind perpetually, and to dissatisfy him very much. First of all I [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] taking place; where there are so many great rivers, and such opposite varieties of climate; there cannot fail to be a great amount of sickness at certain seasons. But I may venture to say, after conversing with many members of the medical profession in America, that I am not singular in the opinion that much of the disease which does prevail, might be avoided, if a few common precautions were [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] into Tom 's. Long after dusk, the whole weary train, with their baskets on their heads, defiled up to the building appropriated to the storing and weighing the cotton. Legree was there, busily conversing with the two drivers.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)