Hypertext Webster Gateway: "conversant"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Conversant \Con*vers"ant\, n.
One who converses with another; a convenser. [R.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Conversant \Con"ver*sant\, a. [L. conversans, p. pr. of
conversari: cf. F. conversant.]
1. Having frequent or customary intercourse; familiary
associated; intimately acquainted.

I have been conversant with the first persons of the
age. --Dryden.

2. Familiar or acquainted by use or study; well-informed;
versed; -- generally used with with, sometimes with in.

Deeply conversant in the Platonic philosophy.
--Dryden.

he uses the different dialects as one who had been
conversant with them all. --Pope.

Conversant only with the ways of men. --Cowper.

3. Concerned; occupied.

Education . . . is conversant about children. --W.
Wotton.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

conversant
adj : (usually followed by `with') well informed about or knowing
thoroughly; "conversant with business trends";
"familiar with the complex machinery"; "he was familiar
with those roads" [syn: {conversant(p)}, {familiar(p)}]

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