conversation

  1. Noun.  (obsolete) Interaction; commerce or intercourse with other people; dealing with others. (defdate, 14th-18th c.) .
  2. Noun.  (archaic) Behaviour, the way one conducts oneself; a person's way of life. (defdate, from 14th c.) .
  3. Noun.  (obsolete) Sexual intercourse. (defdate, 16th-19th c.) .
  4. Noun.  Expression and exchange of individual ideas through talking with other people; also, a set instance or occasion of such talking. (defdate, from 16th c.) .
  5. Noun.  (fencing) The back-and-forth play of the blades in a bout.
  6. Verb.  (nonstandard, ambitransitive) To engage in conversation (with).

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