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54 words match “CONVERSE”

PROPOSE v.
To speak; to converse. [Obs.] There shalt thou find my cousin Beatrice, Proposing with the prince and Claudio. Shak.
QUESTION v. 2 definitions
To argue; to converse; to dispute. [Obs.] I pray you, think you question with the Jew. Shak.
RACY a.
y as his Scotch, is generally correct. H. Coleridge. The rich and racy humor of a natural converser fresh from the plow. Prof. Wilson.
REASON v.
To converse; to compare opinions. Shak.
RECLUSE a.
part; as, a recluse monk or hermit; a recluse life In meditation deep, recluse From human converse. J. Philips.
SELF n.
ty. "Those who liked their real selves." Addison. A man's self may be the worst fellow to converse with in the world. Pope. The self, the I, is recognized in every act of intelligence as the subject to which that act belongs. It is I that perceive, I that imagine, I that remember, I that attend, I that compare, I that…
SOCIABLE a.
Ready to converse; inclined to talk with others; not taciturn or reserved.
SOCIAL a.
Ready or disposed to mix in friendly converse; companionable; sociable; as, a social person.
SPEAK v. 3 definitions
To express opinions; to say; to talk; to converse. That fluid substance in a few minutes begins to set, as the tradesmen speak. Boyle. An honest man, is able to speak for himself, when a knave is not. Shak. During the century and a half which followed the Conquest, there is, to speak strictly, no English history. Macau…
STRANGELY adv.
are the arts of peace! Dryden. It would strangely delight you to see with what spirit he converses. Law.
SUCKER n.
A parasite; a sponger. See def. 6, above. They who constantly converse with men far above their estates shall reap shame and loss thereby; if thou payest nothing, they will count thee a sucker, no branch. Fuller.
TACITURN a.
Habitually silent; not given to converse; not apt to talk or speak. -- Tac"i*turn*ly, adv.
TALK v. 2 definitions
To utter words; esp., to converse familiarly; to speak, as in familiar discourse, when two or more persons interchange thoughts. I will buy with you, sell with you, talk with you, walk with you, and so following, but I will not eat with you. Shak.
WHISPER v.
To speak with suspicion, or timorous caution; to converse in whispers, as in secret plotting. All that hate me whisper together against me. Ps. xli. 7.
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