conversant

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Closely familiar

   Closely familiar; current; having frequent interaction.

   • VVe (of all earthlings) are Gods vtmoſt ſubiects, the laſt (in a manner) that he bought to his obedience: ſhal we then forgette that vvee are any ſubiects of hys, becauſe (as amongſt his Angels) he is not viſibly conuerſant amongſt vs?
2. 2

   Familiar or acquainted by use or study

   Familiar or acquainted by use or study; well-informed; versed.

   • She is equally conversant with Shakespeare and the laws of physics.
   • We ſee in all things how deſuetude do's contract and narrow our faculties, ſo that we may apprehend only thoſe things wherein we are converſant.
   • c. 1694, John Dryden, letter to Mr. John Dennis deeply conversant in the Platonic philosophy
3. 3

   Concerned

   Concerned; occupied.

   • If any think education, because it is conversant about children, to be but a private and domestick duty, he has been ignorantly bred himself.
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   1. 4

      One who converses with another.

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