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From Old French converser, from Latin conversor (“live, have dealings with”).

formal, intransitive To talk; to engage in conversation. Companions[…] That do converse and waste the time together.
To keep company; to hold intimate intercourse; to commune. To seek the distant hills, and there converse With nature.
obsolete To have knowledge of something, from long talk or study. according as the objects they converse with afford greater or less variety

literary, uncountable Free verbal interchange of thoughts or views; conversation; chat. Twice ere the sun descends, with zeal inspir'd, / From the vain converse of the world retir'd, / She reads the psalms and chapters for the day […]

From Latin conversus (“turned around”), past participle of converto (“turn about”).

not comparable Opposite; reversed in order or relation; reciprocal. a converse proposition

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.

The athletic equipment company is named after its founder, Marquis Mills Converse.