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[syn: conversant(p), familiar(p)]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Conversant \Con"ver*sant\, a. [L. conversans, p. pr. of
conversari: cf. F. conversant.]
1. Having frequent or customary intercourse; familiary
associated; intimately acquainted.
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I have been conversant with the first persons of the
age. --Dryden.
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2. Familiar or acquainted by use or study; well-informed;
versed; -- generally used with with, sometimes with in.
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Deeply conversant in the Platonic philosophy.
--Dryden.
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he uses the different dialects as one who had been
conversant with them all. --Pope.
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Conversant only with the ways of men. --Cowper.
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3. Concerned; occupied.
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Education . . . is conversant about children. --W.
Wotton.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Conversant \Con*vers"ant\, n.
One who converses with another; a convenser. [R.]
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
conversant
adj 1: (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)]