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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[L.

obversans

, p. pr. of

obversari

to hover before;

(see

) +

versare

to move about.]

Conversant; familiar.

[Obs.]

Bacon.

Adj.

[L. obversans, obversor; ob and versor, to turn.]

Conversant; familiar. [Not used.]

obversant ‎(comparative more obversant, superlative most obversant)

(obsolete) conversant; familiar
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