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. ]
Let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel. Philip. i. 27. [ 1913 Webster ]
I set down, out of long experience in business and much conversation in books, what I thought pertinent to this business. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]
All traffic and mutual conversation. Hakluyt. [ 1913 Webster ]
The influence exercised by his [ Johnson's ] conversation was altogether without a parallel. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Pertaining to conversation; in the manner of one conversing;
n. A conversationist. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Aaquaintea with m`nners aod deportment; behaved. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
Till she be better conversationed, . . . I'll keep
As far from her as the gallows. Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A word or phrase used in conversation; a colloquialism. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who converses much, or who excels in conversation. Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]