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conversant

Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Conversant \Con*vers"ant\, n.
   One who converses with another; a convenser. [R.]

Conversant \Con"ver*sant\, a. [L. conversans, p. pr. of
   conversari: cf. F. conversant.]
   1. Having frequent or customary intercourse; familiary
      associated; intimately acquainted.

            I have been conversant with the first persons of the
            age.                                  --Dryden.

   2. Familiar or acquainted by use or study; well-informed;
      versed; -- generally used with with, sometimes with in.

            Deeply conversant in the Platonic philosophy.
                                                  --Dryden.

            he uses the different dialects as one who had been
            conversant with them all.             --Pope.

            Conversant only with the ways of men. --Cowper.

   3. Concerned; occupied.

            Education . . . is conversant about children. --W.
                                                  Wotton.

Source : WordNet®

conversant
     adj : (usually followed by `with') well informed about or knowing
           thoroughly; "conversant with business trends";
           "familiar with the complex machinery"; "he was familiar
           with those roads" [syn: {conversant(p)}, {familiar(p)}]
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