converse
v.v. to talk with someone in a relaxed way, exchanging ideas or news. You converse when you have a proper chat, not just a quick hello.
v. to engage in a spoken exchange of ideas, feelings, or information. Typically intransitive, taking the preposition 'with' to introduce the other participant.
We sat down to converse about the weekend plans.
The neighbours often converse over the garden fence while watering their plants.
Despite their political differences, the two leaders managed to converse with mutual respect during the lengthy diplomatic summit.
Intransitive; typically followed by 'with' to indicate the person you are talking to.
I conversed about the topicI conversed with him about the topicConverse is intransitive and requires 'with' to name the other speaker; it cannot take a direct object like 'discuss'.