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converse"exact opposite," 1560s, from Latin conversus "turn around," past participle of convertere "to turn about" (see convert). Originally mathematical. The noun is attested fr [..]
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converse"to communicate (with)," 1590s; earlier "to move about, live, dwell" (mid-14c.), from Old French converser "to talk" (12c.), from Latin conversari (see conversation). Rel [..]
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converseIf p and q are two logical propositions, then the converse of the proposition (p → q) is the proposition (q → p).
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converse(n) a proposition obtained by conversion(v) carry on a conversation(adj) of words so related that one reverses the relation denoted by the other(adj) turned about in order or relation
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conversea conditional statement formed by interchanging the if and then clauses of another conditional statement
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