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Webster 1913 Edition


Conversant

Con′ver-sant

,
Adj.
[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.

Con-vers′ant

,
Noun.
One who converses with another; a convenser.
[R.]

Webster 1828 Edition


Conversant

CONVERSANT

,
Adj.
[See Converse.]
1.
Keeping company; having frequent or customary intercourse; intimately associating; familiar by fellowship or cohabitation; acquainted.
But the men were very good to us--as long as we were conversant with them. 1 Samuel 25.
Never to be infected with delight, nor conversant with ease and idleness.
2.
Acquainted by familiar use or study. We correct our style, and improve our taste, by being conversant with the best classical writers. In the foregoing applications, this word is most generally followed by with, according to present usage. In was formerly used; and both in and among may be used.
3.
Concerning; having concern, or relation to; having for its object; followed by about.
Education is conversant about children.

Definition 2024


conversant

conversant

English

Alternative forms

Adjective

conversant (comparative more conversant, superlative most conversant)

  1. closely familiar; current; having frequent interaction
  2. familiar or acquainted by use or study; well-informed; versed
    She is equally conversant with Shakespeare and the laws of physics.
    • Dryden
      deeply conversant in the Platonic philosophy
    • Alexander Pope
      He uses the different dialects as one who had been conversant with them all.
  3. (obsolete) Concerned; occupied.
    • Wotton
      If any think education, because it is conversant about children, to be but a private and domestick duty, he has been ignorantly bred himself.

Usage notes

  • generally used with with, sometimes with in

Translations

Noun

conversant (plural conversants)

  1. One who converses with another.

Catalan

Verb

conversant

  1. present participle of conversar

French

Verb

conversant

  1. present participle of converser

Anagrams


Latin

Verb

conversant

  1. third-person plural present active indicative of conversō