Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for CON-VERS'A-TIVE
CON-VERS-A'TION-ISTCON-VER-SA-ZI-O'NE
CON-VERS'A-TIVE, a.
Relating to an intercourse with men; opposed to contemplative. She chose to endue him with conversative qualities of youth. – Wotton.
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