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Con"ver*sant*ly (?), adv. In a
familiar manner.

Con`ver*sa"tion (?), n. [OE.
conversacio (in senses 1 & 2), OF. conversacion, F.
conversation, fr. L. conversatio frequent abode in
a place, intercourse, LL. also, manner of life.]
1. General course of conduct;
behavior. [Archaic]

Let your conversation be as it becometh the
gospel.

Philip. i. 27.

2. Familiar intercourse; intimate
fellowship or association; close acquaintance.
"Conversation with the best company." Dryden.

I set down, out of long experience in business and
much conversation in books, what I thought pertinent to
this business.

Bacon.

3. Commerce; intercourse; traffic.
[Obs.]

All traffic and mutual conversation.

Hakluyt.

4. Colloquial discourse; oral interchange
of sentiments and observations; informal dialogue.

The influence exercised by his [Johnson's]
conversation was altogether without a parallel.


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