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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Conversant \Con*vers"ant\, n. One who converses with another; a convenser. [R.] From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Conversant \Con"ver*sant\, a. [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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: conversant adj : (usually followed by `with') well informed about "conversant with business trends"; "familiar with trends in education" [syn: {conversant(p)}, {familiar(p)}]
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