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conversaunt

conversaunt is the obsolete form of conversant.

Meaning of conversant

Adjective

conversant (comparative more conversant, superlative most conversant)

  1. 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?1593, Tho[mas] Nashe, Christs Teares Over Ierusalem. […], London: […] Iames Roberts, and are to be solde by Andrewe Wise, […], →OCLC, folio 60, verso
  2. Familiar or acquainted by use or study; well-informed; versed.
    • She is equally conversant with Shakespeare and the laws of physics.
  3. (archaic) 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.1651, Henry Wotton, A Philosophical Survey of Education

See all 4 meanings of conversant

Forms of conversaunt

comparativemore conversaunt
superlativemost conversaunt

Questions about conversaunt

What is conversaunt the obsolete form of?
Conversaunt is the obsolete form of conversant.

Words near conversaunt in the dictionary

  1. conversationizing
  2. conversationless
  3. conversationlessness
  4. conversations
  5. conversative
  6. conversaunt
  7. conversazione
  8. conversaziones
  9. conversazioni
  10. converse
  11. converse antonym

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