conversant
adjective
- aware, oriented and able to talk coherently (medical term)
- familiar or acquainted with, knowledgeable about
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /kənˈvɜːsənt/ / /kənˈvɝsənt/ / /ˈkɒnvə(ɹ)sænt/
adj
Etymology: From Old French conversant, present participle of converser.
- 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?”
- Familiar or acquainted by use or study; well-informed; versed.
“She is equally conversant with Shakespeare and the laws of physics.”
“We ſee in all things how deſuetude do's contract and narrow our faculties, ſo that we may apprehend only thoſe things wherein we are converſant.”
- 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.”
“Their Ideas are perpetually converſant in Lines and Figures. If they would, for example, praiſe the Beauty of a Woman, or any other Animal, they deſcribe it by Rhombs, Circles, Parallelograms, Ellipſes, and other Geometrical Terms, or by Words of Art drawn from Muſick, needleſs here to repeat.”
noun
Etymology: From Old French conversant, present participle of converser.
- One who converses with another.