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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)]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
50 Moby Thesaurus words for "conversant":
abreast, accomplished, acquainted, acquainted with, alive,
apprehending, apprehensive, at concert pitch, at home in,
at home with, au courant, au fait, awake, career, coached,
cognizant, comprehending, conscious, conversant with,
familiar with, finished, informed, informed in, initiate,
initiated, intimate with, knowing, master of, no stranger to,
perceptive, percipient, practiced, prepared, primed, professional,
proficient in, sensible, sentient, skilled, strong in, technical,
trained, up, up on, up-to-date, used to, versed, versed in,
well-read in, witting
Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856):
CONVERSANT. One who is in the habit of being in a particular place, is said
to be conversant there. Barnes, 162.