Conversant

[It. conversante.] Well acquainted with; versed in; skiltul; proficient; - generally followed by with. "He uses the different dialects as one who had been conversant with them all."- Pope . moned in 1660, and having completed the work of the Restoration, was di olved by Charles II. during the same year. The second had for its object the debarring of James II. from the throne (1689), and the establishment thereon of William III. and Mary. "To the Lords of Convention, 'twas Claver house spoke, Ere the King's crown go down there are crowns to be broke." Scott , (French Hist.) The name of the political a embly which succeeded the Legislative A embly (A emblée Nation ale), Sept. 21, 1792. The C. abolished royalty and proclaimed the republic, Sept. 22; condemned Louis XVI. to death, without appeal, by a majority of 11 out of 721 votes, Jan. 20, 1793; declared war with England, Holland, and Spain, Feb. 1: established the revolutionary tribunal, March 10; decreed the formation of the committee of public safety, April 6; allowed the arrest of the Girondins, June 2; completed the constitution, but suspended its activity, Aug. 10; decreed a universal levy for the national defence, Aug. 23; condemned Marie Antoinette, Oct. 16; appointed a committee, with Sieyes at its head, to frame a second constitution, April 19, 1794; received and adopted that constitution, June 23; ordered the arrest of Robes pierre. July 27; suppre ed the Jacobins, Nov. 12; was succe fully defended by Bonaparte against the sections of Paris, Oct. 5, 1795; handed over the govt. to the Directory and the Council of 500, and finally adjourned, Oct. 26, after having been in se ion 3 years and 35 days, and pa ed 8,370 decrees. Many violent, tyrannical, even atrocious acts are charged to the C .; but it is to be said also that in critical emergencies that a embly displayed an unequalled energy; that it maintained the unity of France, and saved the country when invaded by foreign armies. France is indebted to it for many of her best institutions, such as the Grand -livre of the National Debt; the Normal School; the Conservatory of Arts and Trades, . Conventional, a . Relating to a convention; stipulated; formed by agreement; as, conventional services. -Arising out of custom or tacit agreement; subscribed to by usage; as, conventional rules of society, conventional language, .