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versed

/vɜːst/US/vɝst/

versed adjective: knowledgeable or skilled, either through study or experience; familiar; practiced. Also the past of verse.

Adjective

versed (comparative more versed, superlative most versed)

  1. Knowledgeable or skilled, either through study or experience; familiar; practiced.
    • deep versed in books and shallow in himself1671, John Milton, “The Fourth Book”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC
    • opinions […] derived from studying the Scriptures, wherein he was versed beyond any person of his age1829, Robert Southey, “(please specify the page)”, in Sir Thomas More: or, Colloquies on the Progress and Prospects of Society. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: John Murray, […]...
    Synonyms:
    conversant

Proper noun capitalized: Versed

Versed

  1. A marketed variety of midazolam.
    • When the delirium stopped and it was safe to take Versed, her doctors doped her up and she managed to endure the MRI, on condition that I remain with her all the time.2005, Donald Hall, The Best Day the Worst Day: Life with Jane Kenyon, Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, →ISBN, page 99

Also used as

versed is also the past of verse.

Examples of versed in a sentence

  • These men were versed in the details of business.1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter XI, in The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume (please specify...
  • I mean no disrespect for such knowledge, if anyone really is versed in it – I do not want any more lawsuits brought against me by Meletus – but the fact is, gentlemen, that I take no interest in it.1954, Plato, translated by Hugh Tredennick, “Socrates on Trial: The Apology”, in The Last Days of Socrates (Penguin Classics)...

All 19 example sentences with versed

Synonyms of versed

Forms of versed

comparativemore versed
superlativemost versed

Words formed from versed

Phrases with versed

Words that rhyme with versed

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Questions about versed

What does versed mean?
Versed means knowledgeable or skilled, either through study or experience; familiar; practiced.
How do you use versed in a sentence?
These men were versed in the details of business.
What part of speech is versed?
Versed can be an adjective or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce versed?
Versed is pronounced /vɝst/ (US).

Words near versed in the dictionary

  1. verse
  2. verse-chorus
  3. verse-maker
  4. verse-making
  5. versecraft
  6. versed
  7. versed cosine
  8. versed cosines
  9. versed sine
  10. versed sines
  11. verseless

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