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Hm, Chambers's glosses converse as 'to have intercourse: to talk familiarly: to commune'.
The original sense is 'to turn about with', i.e. to walk with and talk with. Its use as specifically talking is a restriction.
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In reply to:
along with meeting with (yuk) - why not just meet someone?
For once I must side with the USn's on this one. If I have understood it correctly meet with implies some prior arrangement or having a meeting, while meet plus a direct object would imply a chance meeting. e.g. I met with Angela before the play. versus
I met Irma and her husband while I was browsing in QB.
A useful distinction, I feel.
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