CONVERSELY
conversely
(adverb) with the terms of the relation reversed; “conversely, not all women are mothers”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adverb
conversely (not comparable)
(often, conjunctive) With a reversed relationship.
(conjunctive, loosely) From another point of view; on the other hand.
Synonyms
• (with a reversed relationship): the other way round, vice versa; see also vice versa
• (from another point of view): at the same time, however, on the flip-side, then again
Source: Wiktionary
Con"verse*ly ( or , adv.
Definition: In a converse manner; with change of order or relation;
reciprocally. J. S. Mill.
CONVERSE
Con*verse", v. i. [imp. & p.p. Conversed; p.pr. & vb.n. Conversing.]
Etym: [F. converser, L. conversari to associate with; con- + versari
to be turned, to live, remain, fr. versare to turn often, v. intens.
of vertere to turn See Convert.]
1. To keep company; to hold intimate intercourse; to commune; --
followed by with.
To seek the distant hills, and there converse With nature. Thomson.
Conversing with the world, we use the world's fashions. Sir W. Scott.
But to converse with heaven -This is not easy. Wordsworth.
2. To engage, in familiar colloqui; to interchange thoughts and
opinions in a free, informal manner; to chat; -- followed by with
before a person; by on, about, concerning, etc., before a thing.
Companions That do converse and waste the time together. Shak.
We had conversed so often on that subject. Dryden.
3. To have knowledge of, from long intercourse or study; -- said of
things.
According as the objects they converse with afford greater or less
variety. Locke.
Syn.
– To associate; commune; discourse; talk; chat.
Con"verse, n.
1. Frequent intercourse; familiar communion; intimate association.
Glanvill.
"T is but to hold Converse with Nature's charms, and view her stores
unrolled. Byron.
2. Familiar discourse; free interchange of thoughts or views;
conversation; chat.
Formed by thy converse happily to steer From grave to gay, from
lively to severe. Pope.
Con"verse
Definition: , a. Etym: [L. conversus, p.p. of convertere. See Convert.]
Turned about; reversed in order or relation; reciprocal; as, a
converse proposition.
Con"verse, n.
1. (Logic)
Definition: 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, no virtue is vice, no vice is virtue.
Note: It should not (as is often done) be confounded with the
contrary or opposite of a proposition, which is formed by introducing
the negative not or no.
2. (Math.)
Definition: A proposition in which, after a conclusion from something
supposed has been drawn, the order is inverted, making the conclusion
the supposition or premises, what was first supposed becoming now the
conclusion or inference. Thus, if two sides of a sides of a triangle
are equal, the angles opposite the sides are equal; and the converse
is true, i.e., if these angles are equal, the two sides are equal.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition