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Conversable
Conversable Con*vers"a*ble, a. [Cf. F. conversable.]
Qualified for conversation; disposed to converse; sociable;
free in discourse.
While young, humane, conversable, and kind. --Cowper.
Conversableness
Conversableness Con*vers"a*ble*ness, n.
The quality of being conversable; disposition to converse;
sociability.
Conversably
Conversably Con*vers"a*bly, adv.
In a conversable manner.
Conversance
Conversance Con"ver*sance, n.
The state or quality of being conversant; habit of
familiarity; familiar acquaintance; intimacy. [R.]
Conversancy
Conversancy Con"ver*san*cy, n.
Conversance [R.]
Conversant
Conversant Con*vers"ant, n.
One who converses with another; a convenser. [R.]
Conversant
Conversant Con"ver*sant, a. [L. conversans, p. pr. of
conversari: cf. F. conversant.]
1. Having frequent or customary intercourse; familiary
associated; intimately acquainted.
I have been conversant with the first persons of the
age. --Dryden.
2. Familiar or acquainted by use or study; well-informed;
versed; -- generally used with with, sometimes with in.
Deeply conversant in the Platonic philosophy.
--Dryden.
he uses the different dialects as one who had been
conversant with them all. --Pope.
Conversant only with the ways of men. --Cowper.
3. Concerned; occupied.
Education . . . is conversant about children. --W.
Wotton.
Conversantly
Conversantly Con"ver*sant*ly, adv.
In a familiar manner.
Conversational
Conversational Con`ver*sa"tion*al
(k[o^]n`v[~e]r*s[=a]"sh[u^]n*al), a.
Pertaining to conversation; in the manner of one conversing;
as, a conversational style. --Thackeray.
Conversationalist
Conversationalist Con`ver*sa"tion*al*ist, n.
A conversationist.
Conversationist
Conversationist Con`ver*sa"tion*ist, n.
One who converses much, or who excels in conversation.
--Byron.
Conversative
Conversative Con*ver"sa*tive (k[o^]n*v[~e]r"s[.a]*t[i^]v), a.
Relating to intercourse with men; social; -- opposed to
contemplative.
She chose . . . to endue him with the conversative
qualities of youth. --Sir H.
Wotton.
Conversazi-oneConversazi-one Con`ver*sa`zi-o"ne (?or ?), n.; pl.
Conversazioni. [It. See Conversation.]
A meeting or assembly for conversation, particularly on
literary or scientific subjects. --Gray.
These conversazioni [at Florence] resemble our card
assemblies. --A. Drummond. ConversazioniConversazi-one Con`ver*sa`zi-o"ne (?or ?), n.; pl.
Conversazioni. [It. See Conversation.]
A meeting or assembly for conversation, particularly on
literary or scientific subjects. --Gray.
These conversazioni [at Florence] resemble our card
assemblies. --A. Drummond. Criminal conversationCriminal Crim"i*nal (kr?m"?-nal), a. [L. criminalis, fr.
crimen: cf. F. criminel. See Crime.]
1. Guilty of crime or sin.
The neglect of any of the relative duties renders us
criminal in the sight of God. --Rogers.
2. Involving a crime; of the nature of a crime; -- said of an
act or of conduct; as, criminal carelessness.
Foppish and fantastic ornaments are only indications
of vice, not criminal in themselves. --Addison.
3. Relating to crime; -- opposed to civil; as, the criminal
code.
The officers and servants of the crown, violating
the personal liberty, or other right of the subject
. . . were in some cases liable to criminal process.
--Hallam.
Criminal action (Law), an action or suit instituted to
secure conviction and punishment for a crime.
Criminal conversation (Law), unlawful intercourse with a
married woman; adultery; -- usually abbreviated, crim.
con.
Criminal law, the law which relates to crimes. Inconversable
Inconversable In`con*vers"a*ble, a.
Incommunicative; unsocial; reserved. [Obs.]
Inconversant
Inconversant In*con"ver*sant, a.
Not conversant; not acquainted; not versed; unfamiliar.
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