[f. CONVERSE v. + -ING2.]
1. That converses: † that affords intercourse, companionable.
1643. Milton, Divorce, iv. (1851), 29. A fit conversing soule … is stronger than death. Ibid. (1645), Colast. (1851), 361. A conversing solace, and peacefull society is the prime end of mariage.
† 2. Conversant. Obs.
1724. Swift, Drapier’s Lett., v. Wks. 1755, V. II. 99. I had been long conversing with the writings of your lordship, Mr. Locke, Mr. Molineux, [etc.].
