Which Is Correct Conversing or Conversating?

Converse functions as a noun, adjective, and verb, and conversate is synonymous with only one sense of the verb use of converse ("to exchange thoughts and opinions in speech"). Furthermore, conversate is a nonstandard form, and widely frowned upon in formal writing.

When did Conversating become a word?

The word appears next in 1829, in the North-Carolina Free Press: “I love to conversate with wise men on any sorter ticks, more espesially pollyticks.” Although many of the uses of conversate in the beginning and middle of the 19^th century are obvious attempts to reproduce language that would be thought of as ...

Is Conversating in the dictionary?

Is Conversate a Word? Conversate is a nonstandard verb that means “to have a conversation.” The standard verb (and the one you should use if you want to be correct) is converse.