Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Versant"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Versant \Ver"sant\, a. [L. versans, p. pr. versare to turn
abound frequently, to turn over in the mind, to meditate. See
{Versatile}.]
Familiar; conversant. [R.]
Men not versant with courts of justice. --Sydney
Smith.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Versant \Ver"sant\, n. [F.]
The slope of a side of a mountain chain; hence, the general
slope of a country; aspect.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
versant
n : the side or slope of a mountain; "conifer forests cover the
eastern versant" [syn: {mountainside}]
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