conversative, a. rare.
(kənˈvɜːsətɪv)
[f. L. conversāt- ppl. stem of conversārī to converse + -ive.]
† a. Belonging to, or fitted for, social intercourse; sociable. Obs. b. Ready to converse or talk, given to conversation, talkative.
| 1631 G. Webbe Quietn. (1657) 179 Actions conversative doe consist in the ordering of our conversation. 1651 Reliq. Wotton. 76 To endue him with conversative qualities and ornaments of youth. a 1703 Burkitt On N.T. Luke ii. 45 Of a free and conversative, not of a sullen and morose disposition. 1858 Hawthorne Fr. & It. Jrnls. II. 108 He was very entertaining and conversative. |