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con·verse2  audio  (kn-vūrs, knvūrs) KEY 

ADJECTIVE:
Reversed, as in position, order, or action; contrary.
NOUN:
(knvūrs)
  1. Something that has been reversed; an opposite.
  2. Logic A proposition obtained by conversion.
ETYMOLOGY:
Latin conversus, past participle of convertere, to turn around ; see convert

OTHER FORMS:
con·versely(Adverb)


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