conversed

THE intention of Edgar had been to ride to Mrs. Needham, the lady of whom he meant to ask the information to which he had alluded; but a charm too potent for resistance demanded his immediate liberation from the promise to Dr. Marchmont, which bound him to proceed no further till they had again conversed together.

Camilla: or, A Picture of Youth 1796

He had some natural wit; he talked good grammar; he conversed, which is a rare thing in a village; and the other peasants said of him: “He talks almost like a gentleman with a hat.”

Les Miserables 2008

He had some natural wit; he talked good grammar; he conversed, which is a rare thing in a village; and the other peasants said of him: "He talks almost like a gentleman with a hat."

Les Miserables, Volume II, Cosette 1862

He had some natural wit; he talked good grammar; he conversed, which is a rare thing in a village; and the other peasants said of him: "He talks almost like a gentleman with a hat."

Les Misérables Victor Hugo 1843

He was able to -- I think he knew I was there, but we kind of conversed through his son, Michael.

CNN Transcript Dec 27, 2006 2006

He was able to -- I think he knew I was there, but we kind of conversed through his son, Michael.

CNN Transcript Dec 27, 2006 2006

I'd "conversed" with Paula earlier in the morning, through Central Four, but that was awkward, in a way, like talking with a mother present.

Flash ModesittJr_LE 2004

I don't mean that Miss Seaton "conversed" with me.

The Best British Short Stories of 1922 John Cournos 1915

It was she who "conversed" during their walk, and while she trotted by Tembarom's side looking more early-Victorian than ever in a neat, fringed mantle and a small black bonnet of a fashion long decently interred by a changing world, Tembarom had never seen anything resembling it in New York; but he liked it and her increasingly at every moment.

T. Tembarom 1913

Maria was eleven he "conversed" with her on "the leading topics of the day, with as much pleasure and freedom as with any grown-up person".

The Three Brontës May Sinclair 1904