Emily Dickinson Lexicon

CON-VERS-A'TION, n.

1. General course of manners; behavior; deportment; especially as it respects morals. Let your conversation be as becometh the gospel. – Phil. i. Be ye holy in all manner of conversation. – 1 Pet. i. [In this sense nearly obsolete.]
2. A keeping company; familiar intercourse; intimate fellowship or association; commerce in social life. Knowledge of men and manners is best acquired by conversation with the best company.
3. Intimate and familiar acquaintance; as, a conversation with books or other objects.
4. Familiar discourse; general intercourse of sentiments; chat; unrestrained talk, opposed to a formal conference. What I mentioned in conversation was not a new thought. – Swift. [This is now the most general use of the word.]