CONVERSATION, n.
1. General course of manners behavior deportment especially as it respects morals.
Let your conversation be as becometh the gospel. Philippians 1 .
Be ye holy in all manner of conversation. 1 Peter 1 .
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 object.
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.
This is now the most general use of the word.