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obversant

adj · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adj

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

Examples

  • c. 1600-1620, Francis Bacon, Letter and Discourse to Sir Henry Savill And the third is example, which transformeth the will of man into the similitude of that which is most obversant and familiar towards it.

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History

Etymology

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