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con·ver·sant

(kən-vûr′sənt, kŏn′vər-)

adj.

Familiar or knowledgeable, as by study or experience: conversant with medieval history.

[Middle English conversaunt, associated with, from Old French conversant, present participle of converser, to associate with, from Latin conversārī; see converse¹.]

con·ver′sant·ly adv.

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