Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To converse.
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- verb African American Vernacular To
converse , to haveconversation .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Maybe he thought "conversate" sounded more formal or that it related to some subset of normal conversation or that it described a specific act of conversing in some altered state.
Mostly Muppet 2009
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Even as I'm typing out this post, Firefox is angrily underlining "conversate" and insisting I change it to "conversation", "conversant" (we'll hold off on that one) or "converse".
Mostly Muppet 2009
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Come on in to "conversate," debate or set the record straight.
unknown title 2009
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I bring up the two similar suffixes because of two equally perplexing constructs I've encountered this week: "conversate" and "medicant".
Mostly Muppet 2009
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(Soundbite of laughter) MARTIN: Dont player hater, just conversate.
'Shop Talk': Should Kendrick Meek Stay In Florida Senate Race? 2010
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(Soundbite of laughter) MARTIN: Just conversate instead of prognosticate?
'Shop Talk': Should Kendrick Meek Stay In Florida Senate Race? 2010
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"We would try to conversate with them enough to find out exactly what it is they were missing in their lives, and somehow tie school to that."
Buying Legitimacy: How A Group Of California Executives Built An Online College Empire 2011
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(Soundbite of song, "Next Time") COMMON (Hip-Hop Artist, Actor): We conversate (ph) and talk about life in South Dakota, that tonight was just right for us.
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(Soundbite of laughter) MARTIN: Dont player hater, just conversate.
'Shop Talk': Should Kendrick Meek Stay In Florida Senate Race? 2010
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(Soundbite of laughter) MARTIN: Just conversate instead of prognosticate?
'Shop Talk': Should Kendrick Meek Stay In Florida Senate Race? 2010
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