obversant

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adjective

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

“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.”

OriginLatin obversans →
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Meanings

adjectiveobversant (comparative more obversant, superlative most obversant)

comparative more obversant · superlative most obversant

  1. obsoleteconversant; familiar or in the know about a certain topic.

    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.

Origin

  1. Latinobversans
  2. Englishobversant

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

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Anagrams

observant
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APA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “obversant,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/obversant.

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