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obversant

obversant adjective: conversant; familiar or in the know about a certain topic.

Adjective

obversant (comparative more obversant, superlative most obversant)

  1. (obsolete) conversant; familiar or in the know about a certain topic.
    • And the third is example, which transformeth the will of man into the similitude of that which is most obversant and familiar towards it.c. 1600-1620, Francis Bacon, Letter and Discourse to Sir Henry Savill

Forms of obversant

comparativemore obversant
superlativemost obversant

Origin of obversant

From Latin obversans, present participle of obversari (“to hover before”), from ob (see ob-) + versare (“to move about”).

Questions about obversant

What does obversant mean?
Obversant means conversant; familiar or in the know about a certain topic.
What part of speech is obversant?
Obversant is an adjective.

Words near obversant in the dictionary

  1. obv.
  2. obvallate
  3. obvelation
  4. obvention
  5. obventions
  6. obversant
  7. obverse
  8. obversely
  9. obverses
  10. obversion
  11. obversions

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