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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CONVERSATIVE

a.Relating to an intercourse with men; opposed to contemplative. She chose to endue him with conversative qualities of youth.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

CONVERSATIVE

CONVERSATIVE Con *ver "sa *tive, a.

 

Defn: Relating to intercourse with men; social; -- opposed to contemplative. She chose. .. to endue him with the conversative qualities of youth. Sir H. Wotton.