conversantadj.n.

/ˈkɒnvəsənt/

/kənˈvəːsənt/

Forms: Also Middle English (northern) -and, Middle English–1500s -aunt.

Etymology: Middle English, < Old French conversant , present participle of converser < Latin conversānt-em , present participle of conversārī to converse v. Originally converˈsant, whence later ˈconversant; conˈversant, given by Johnson and various orthoepists, was not recognized by the poets, nor by current use at the end of the 19th cent., but has since become common.

A. adj. (usually predicative).

†1. Dwelling habitually or frequently, accustomed to live or abide, passing much of one's time, in a place. (With various prepositions and adverbs.)

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > [adjective] > habitually

conversant1340

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabiting temporarily > haunting or resorting > [adjective]

conversant1340

haunting1388

frequent1611

1292 Britton i. xxx. §9 Et hors pris ausi ceux qi ne sount mie conversauntz et continuelment demorauntz en les hundrez.]

1340 R. Rolle Pricke of Conscience 4198 He [Anticrist] sal be lered..And nurist and mast conversand In þe cite of Bethsayda.

1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) 1 Sam. xii. 2 My sones ben with ȝow; also conversaunt before ȝou.

1413 J. Lydgate Pilgr. of Sowle (1483) iv. ii. 59 In his..fayre braunches the birdes ben alwey couersaunt.

?1518 A. Barclay Fyfte Eglog sig. Ciiij^v My selfe there wonned, and there was conuersaunt.

1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde i. vi. f. 31 They are whyte..sauynge suche as are much conuersant in the sonne.

1583 P. Barrough Methode of Phisicke ii. vi. 63 It is good to haue the sick conuersant in a hote house.

1705 J. Addison Remarks Italy Ded. sig. A^v They who have been Conversant Abroad.

1766 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. ii. 76 On marshy and muddy grounds, where they [sc. Royston crow] are conversant.

1845 G. S. Faber Eight Diss. II. vi. i. 8 By reason of Christ's being visibly and personally conversant within its precincts.

a. Living or associating with in familiar intercourse; having regular or frequent intercourse with (together); on terms of familiarity with.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > [adjective] > together or with

conversantc1400

co-inhabiting1643

cohabitational1949

society > society and the community > social relations > association, fellowship, or companionship > [adjective] > on familiar terms with

conversantc1400

c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (1839) x. 113 Oure lady..was conuersant with hire sone xxxiij ȝeer and iij monethes.

1493 Chastysing Goddes Chyldern (de Worde) vii. sig. Bii^v/1 All other men that hem knew or be wyth hem conuersaunt, or famylier.

1583 Ld. Burghley Execution of Iustice sig. C.iii They liued and were conuersant in companie of the principall rebels.

1597 T. Morley Plaine & Easie Introd. Musicke 120 They were much conuersant together.

1611 Bible (King James) 1 Sam. xxv. 15 Neither missed we any thing as long as wee were conuersant with them.

1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 154. ⁋1 I am afraid you have been very little conversant with Women.

1785 W. Cowper Task v. 815 Much conversant with Heaven.

1832 H. Martineau For Each & All i. 3 She had been conversant with many ranks of society.

†b. Having familiar intercourse in (a family, etc.), among (people, etc.), about (a place). Obsolete.

(a) in:—

ΚΠ

a1400 Cov. Myst. 379 Tho whiche..Han be conversaunt here longe before In oure Company.

1474 W. Caxton tr. Game & Playe of Chesse (1883) iii. ii. 88 I haue my self ben conuersant in a religious hous of white freris.

1574 J. Baret Aluearie C 1155 Conuersant in princes courtes.

1665 R. Boyle Occas. Refl. iv. iii. sig. Bb3^v When I had occasion to be conversant in great Mens Families.

1788 V. Knox Winter Evenings III. viii. viii. 152 I had been much more conversant in a college library than in a circulating one.

(b) among:—

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > [adjective] > among or about

conversanta1340

society > society and the community > social relations > association, fellowship, or companionship > [adjective]

conversanta1340

associate1398

consociate1471

sociate1526

adjoinate1543

conjoined1570

consortinga1592

conjunct1597

combined1603

commercing1610

associated1611

bound up in or with1611

comitant1614

unsequestered1654

cohering1665

consociated1671

mingling1812

combinatea1861

associatory1880

a1340 R. Rolle Psalter xxv. 6 Conuersaunt among innocentis bodely & gostly.

1477 Earl Rivers tr. Dictes or Sayengis Philosophhres (Caxton) (1877) lf. 20^v Hyt behoueth a kyng to..be conuersant amongis them [sc. his people] without ouermoche famylyarite.

1683 J. Dryden Life Plutarch 35 in J. Dryden et al. tr. Plutarch Lives I Pliny the younger was..conversant amongst them in Asia.

a1805 W. Paley Serm. (1825) VI. xx. 198 The beings with whom we converse, or amongst whom we are conversant.

ΚΠ

a1704 J. Locke Thoughts on Conduct of Understanding (1754) §3 A man conversant about Whitehall and the court.

†3.

a. Occupied, busied, or engaged in; having one's activity or attention engaged in or among (affairs, objects of study or inquiry, etc.) Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > doing > activity or occupation > [adjective] > busied about or in something

butewarda1300

yerna1400

conversanta1425

incumbent1548

conversant1621

versant1645

versed1654

a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Ecclus. xxxix. 3 He schal be conuersaunt in the hid thingis of parablis.

1576 A. Fleming tr. Cicero in Panoplie Epist. 56 Much matter wherein to be conversant.

1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning i. sig. D2^v Studies haue an influence and operation, vpon the manners of those that are conuersant in them.

1647 W. Lilly Christian Astrol. lxiv. 398 He was a meer Fisherman, or man conversant in water.

1710 J. Addison Tatler No. 216. ⁋1 It is, methinks, the Mark of a little Genius to be wholly conversant among Insects, Reptiles, Animalcules.

1769 O. Goldsmith Rom. Hist. II. 212 As she had been long conversant in this horrid practice.

1809 E. A. Kendall Trav. Northern Parts U.S. I. xxv. 246 A Jew, skilled in mineralogy..has been conversant among these mountains.

1842 H. Rogers Introd. Burke's Wks. 64 Men too much conversant in office are rarely minds of remarkable enlargement.

b. Concerned, occupied, or having to do with (things).

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > doing > activity or occupation > [adjective] > having to do with (things)

conversanta1616

a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) iv. iii. 70 Neuer to be infected with delight, Nor conuersant with Ease, and Idlenesse, Till [etc.] .

1671 J. Milton Paradise Regain'd i. 131 Thou and all Angels conversant on Earth With man or mens affairs.

1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 61. ⁋1 The Scholar has been very conversant with Books, and the other with Men only.

†c. Occupied or employed about; having one's activity or attention exercised about, upon. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > doing > activity or occupation > [adjective] > busied about or in something

butewarda1300

yerna1400

conversanta1425

incumbent1548

conversant1621

versant1645

versed1654

1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy i. ii. ii. vi. 113 Such as are conversant or emploied about any office or businesse.

1622 J. Donne Serm. to Hon. Company Virginian Plantation 8 The Bishop of Rome..is euermore too conuersant vpon the contemplation of temporall Kingdomes.

1646 H. Lawrence Of Communion & Warre with Angels 4 To shewe what the Divell is conversant about.

1806 K. White Let. 25 June God..is as intently conversant about the smallest as about the greatest things.

1828 R. Whately Elem. Rhetoric ii. §7 He had been..long conversant about corn.

4. figurative of things: Exercised in, concerned about (touching); dealing or having to do with; having for its object or sphere.

a. in:—

ΚΠ

1593 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie iii. xi. 167 The matters wherein Church-politie is conuersant.

1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning ii. sig. Tt2 The Controuersies wherein Morall Philosophie is Conuersant .

1754 Bp. T. Sherlock Disc. (1759) I. i. 47 Is not Justice conversant in Rewards and Punishments?

1875 J. B. Lightfoot St. Paul's Epist. Colossians (1876) 273 Physical science is conversant in experiment; logical science in argumentation.

b. about:—

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > relationship > [adjective] > concerned with or interested in

conversant1597

interessed1598

relative1614

conversant1803

interested1828

1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. lxviii. 184 The obiect where about the contemplations and actions of the Church are properly conuersant.

1660 Exact Accompt Trial Regicides 12 There are three things, touching which the Law is conversant..Persons, Things, and Actions.

1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 329 Public virtue, being..conversant about great concerns.

1827 R. Whately Elem. Logic ii. ii. §2 (note) Logic is entirely conversant about language.

c. with:—

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > relationship > [adjective] > concerned with or interested in

conversant1597

interessed1598

relative1614

conversant1803

interested1828

1803 J. Mackintosh Def. Peltier in Wks. (1846) III. 249 That philosophy which is conversant with human affairs.

1850 C. G. B. Daubeny Introd. Atomic Theory (ed. 2) ii. 58 Chemistry..had..been conversant merely with the qualities of matter.

a. Versed or experienced in; ‘well up’ in.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > knowledge, what is known > familiarity > [adjective] > knowing about, familiar with

craftyOE

slyc1175

coutha1225

well acquainteda1250

privyc1300

cunningc1325

well-groundeda1438

acquainted?a1439

familiar1509

at home1531

overseen1533

intelligent1546

long-experienced1567

conversant1573

skilful1596

accomplished1603

frequent1609

well (better, best) verseda1610

understanding1612

sound1615

studieda1616

technical1617

versed1622

conversing1724

versant1787

on intimate habits1809

special1830

inquainted1849

pre-acquainted1907

sophisticated1952

1573 Abp. M. Parker Let. 9 May in Corr. (1853) (modernized text) 425 Some whom he judgeth to be conversant in histories.

a1626 F. Bacon Q. Elizabeth in Wks. (Bohn) 487 She was very conversant in the Scriptures and writings of the fathers.

1635 J. Swan Speculum Mundi vii. §3. 348 One well versed or conversant in these things.

1786 J. Reynolds Disc. Royal Acad. (1876) xiii. 76 A great master who is thoroughly conversant in the nature of man.

1841 I. D'Israeli Amenities Lit. I. 72 All the languages in which Milton was conversant.

b. Familiar or intimately acquainted with (anything), as a result of having been occupied with it.

ΚΠ

1726 D. Defoe Polit. Hist. Devil i. vii. 90 They are conversant with other Parts of God's Creation.

1771 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra (1772) II. liv. 229 I speak to facts, with which all of us are conversant.

1865 J. Bright Speeches Amer. Question 213 Those men who are most conversant with American affairs.

1878 W. E. H. Lecky Hist. Eng. 18th Cent. I. iii. 412 Like Walpole..he was thoroughly conversant with questions of finance.

c. with on.

ΚΠ

1778 F. Burney Evelina I. xvii. 113 The young man..seemed to be very conversant on the subject.

†6. Of things: Frequently occurring and hence familiarly known, familiar. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > knowledge, what is known > familiarity > [adjective]

couthOE

known1340

familiara1398

unstrangec1400

learnedc1420

conversant1430

beknown?c1475

well-beknown1480

quentc1540

well-kent1554

quainted1560

well-known1568

obversant1579

conversed1607

tame1609

familiarized1633

intimatea1680

household1761

homely1782

ole1835

old1898

1430 J. Lydgate tr. Hist. Troy ii. xvii The vile serpent the Leuiathan..Whych of kynde is neuer conuersaunt.

c1485 Digby Myst. (1882) v. 609 These thynges be now so conuersaunt, we seme it no shame.

1601 W. Cornwallis Disc. Seneca sig. A8^v The most pleasing and most conuersant thoughtes of the best contented mindes, are descended from hope.

1651 in T. Fuller Abel Redevivus 334 To imbrace a pure worship of the Lord, which had not yet been conversant amongst them.

†7. ? Familiarly known, frequented. rare.

ΚΠ

1461 M. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 267 She thynkyth þe place is right conuersaunt of pupyll for hyr to a-beyd in, for she kepyth hyr as close as she may for spyyng.

8. Having the quality of conversing, ready to converse; conversable. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > loquacity or talkativeness > [adjective]

wordyeOE

talewisec1200

i-worded?c1225

babblinga1250

cacklinga1250

chatteringa1250

speakfula1250

word-wooda1250

of many wordsc1350

janglingc1374

tatteringc1380

tongueya1382

ganglinga1398

readya1400

jargaunt1412

talkative1432

open-moutheda1470

clattering1477

trattling?a1513

windy1513

popping1528

smatteringa1529

rattle?1529

communicablea1533

blab1552

gaggling1553

long-tongued?1553

prittle-prattle1556

pattering1558

talking1560

bobling1566

gabbling1566

verbal1572

piet1573

twattling1573

flibber gibber1575

babblative1576

tickle-tongued1577

tattling1581

buzzing1587

long-winded1589

multiloquous1591

discoursive1599

rattling1600

glib1602

flippant1605

talkful1605

nimble-tongued1608

tongue-ripe1610

fliperous1611

garrulous?1611

futile1612

overspeaking1612

feather-tongueda1618

tongue-free1617

long-breatheda1628

well-breathed1635

multiloquious1640

untongue-tied1640

unretentive1650

communicative1651

linguacious1651

glibbed1654

largiloquent1656

multiloquent1656

parlagea1657

loose-clacked1661

nimble-chop1662

twit-twat1665

over-talkativea1667

loquacious1667

loudmouth1668

conversable1673

gash1681

narrative1681

chappy1693

apposite1701

conversative1703

gabbit1710

lubricous1715

gabby?1719

ventose1721

taleful1726

chatty?1741

blethering1759

renable1781

fetch-fire1784

conversational1799

conversant1803

gashing1808

long-lunged1815

talky1815

multi-loquacious1819

prolegomenous1822

talky-talky1831

nimble-mouthed1836

slipper1842

speechful1842

gassy1843

in great force1849

yattering1859

babbly1860

irreticent1864

chattable1867

lubrical1867

chattery1869

loose-mouthed1872

chinny1883

tongue-wagging1885

yappy1909

big-mouthed1914

loose-lipped1919

ear-bashing1945

ear-bending1946

yackety-yacking1953

nattering1959

yacking1959

woofy1960

1803 Man in Moon 23 Dec. (1804) 92 He..was polite and attentive to the women, and friendly and conversant with the men.

1831 Fraser's Mag. 3 408 Fluent without volubility, and conversant without loquaciousness.

B. n.

†1. A person who ‘converses’ or is intimate with another; a familiar acquaintance. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > love > friendliness > [noun] > state of being acquainted > acquaintance

friendOE

knowerc1350

acquainta1400

knowinga1400

acquaintancec1405

acquainted?c1566

conversant1589

acquaintant1611

habitude1676

contact1931

1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie iii. xxv. 251 Some such..secret disease, as the common conuersant can hardly discouer.

1650 T. Hubbert Pilula 221 Not thy familiar acquaintance, nor thy intimate conversants.

a1680 S. Butler Genuine Remains (1759) I. 114 While Fools their Conversants possess As unawares with Sottishness.

†2. One who leads a ‘religious’ or monastic life: see conversāre in Du Cange.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > church government > monasticism > [noun]

cloisterer1340

religious1340

closterera1400

ruler1399

regular1443

professorc1500

votary1543

conventual1611

religionary1622

conventer1671

conversant1671

conventualist1762

religioner1808

1671 H. M. tr. Erasmus Colloquies 149 Some women of that Colledge..whom they call Conversants, encouraging me, with their exhortations, to persevere in my holy purpose.

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单词	conversant
释义	conversantadj.n. /ˈkɒnvəsənt//kənˈvəːsənt/ Forms: Also Middle English (northern) -and, Middle English–1500s -aunt. Etymology: Middle English, < Old French conversant , present participle of converser < Latin conversānt-em , present participle of conversārī to converse v. Originally converˈsant, whence later ˈconversant; conˈversant, given by Johnson and various orthoepists, was not recognized by the poets, nor by current use at the end of the 19th cent., but has since become common. A. adj. (usually predicative). †1. Dwelling habitually or frequently, accustomed to live or abide, passing much of one's time, in a place. (With various prepositions and adverbs.) ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > [adjective] > habitually conversant1340 society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabiting temporarily > haunting or resorting > [adjective] conversant1340 haunting1388 frequent1611 1292 Britton i. xxx. §9 Et hors pris ausi ceux qi ne sount mie conversauntz et continuelment demorauntz en les hundrez.] 1340 R. Rolle Pricke of Conscience 4198 He [Anticrist] sal be lered..And nurist and mast conversand In þe cite of Bethsayda. 1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) 1 Sam. xii. 2 My sones ben with ȝow; also conversaunt before ȝou. 1413 J. Lydgate Pilgr. of Sowle (1483) iv. ii. 59 In his..fayre braunches the birdes ben alwey couersaunt. ?1518 A. Barclay Fyfte Eglog sig. Ciiij^v My selfe there wonned, and there was conuersaunt. 1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde i. vi. f. 31 They are whyte..sauynge suche as are much conuersant in the sonne. 1583 P. Barrough Methode of Phisicke ii. vi. 63 It is good to haue the sick conuersant in a hote house. 1705 J. Addison Remarks Italy Ded. sig. A^v They who have been Conversant Abroad. 1766 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. ii. 76 On marshy and muddy grounds, where they [sc. Royston crow] are conversant. 1845 G. S. Faber Eight Diss. II. vi. i. 8 By reason of Christ's being visibly and personally conversant within its precincts. 2. a. Living or associating with in familiar intercourse; having regular or frequent intercourse with (together); on terms of familiarity with. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > [adjective] > together or with conversantc1400 co-inhabiting1643 cohabitational1949 society > society and the community > social relations > association, fellowship, or companionship > [adjective] > on familiar terms with conversantc1400 c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (1839) x. 113 Oure lady..was conuersant with hire sone xxxiij ȝeer and iij monethes. 1493 Chastysing Goddes Chyldern (de Worde) vii. sig. Bii^v/1 All other men that hem knew or be wyth hem conuersaunt, or famylier. 1583 Ld. Burghley Execution of Iustice sig. C.iii They liued and were conuersant in companie of the principall rebels. 1597 T. Morley Plaine & Easie Introd. Musicke 120 They were much conuersant together. 1611 Bible (King James) 1 Sam. xxv. 15 Neither missed we any thing as long as wee were conuersant with them. View more context for this quotation 1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 154. ⁋1 I am afraid you have been very little conversant with Women. 1785 W. Cowper Task v. 815 Much conversant with Heaven. 1832 H. Martineau For Each & All i. 3 She had been conversant with many ranks of society. †b. Having familiar intercourse in (a family, etc.), among (people, etc.), about (a place). Obsolete. (a) in:— ΚΠ a1400 Cov. Myst. 379 Tho whiche..Han be conversaunt here longe before In oure Company. 1474 W. Caxton tr. Game & Playe of Chesse (1883) iii. ii. 88 I haue my self ben conuersant in a religious hous of white freris. 1574 J. Baret Aluearie C 1155 Conuersant in princes courtes. 1665 R. Boyle Occas. Refl. iv. iii. sig. Bb3^v When I had occasion to be conversant in great Mens Families. 1788 V. Knox Winter Evenings III. viii. viii. 152 I had been much more conversant in a college library than in a circulating one. (b) among:— ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > [adjective] > among or about conversanta1340 society > society and the community > social relations > association, fellowship, or companionship > [adjective] conversanta1340 associate1398 consociate1471 sociate1526 adjoinate1543 conjoined1570 consortinga1592 conjunct1597 combined1603 commercing1610 associated1611 bound up in or with1611 comitant1614 unsequestered1654 cohering1665 consociated1671 mingling1812 combinatea1861 associatory1880 a1340 R. Rolle Psalter xxv. 6 Conuersaunt among innocentis bodely & gostly. 1477 Earl Rivers tr. Dictes or Sayengis Philosophhres (Caxton) (1877) lf. 20^v Hyt behoueth a kyng to..be conuersant amongis them [sc. his people] without ouermoche famylyarite. 1683 J. Dryden Life Plutarch 35 in J. Dryden et al. tr. Plutarch Lives I Pliny the younger was..conversant amongst them in Asia. a1805 W. Paley Serm. (1825) VI. xx. 198 The beings with whom we converse, or amongst whom we are conversant. (c) about:— ΚΠ a1704 J. Locke Thoughts on Conduct of Understanding (1754) §3 A man conversant about Whitehall and the court. †3. a. Occupied, busied, or engaged in; having one's activity or attention engaged in or among (affairs, objects of study or inquiry, etc.) Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > doing > activity or occupation > [adjective] > busied about or in something butewarda1300 yerna1400 conversanta1425 incumbent1548 conversant1621 versant1645 versed1654 a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Ecclus. xxxix. 3 He schal be conuersaunt in the hid thingis of parablis. 1576 A. Fleming tr. Cicero in Panoplie Epist. 56 Much matter wherein to be conversant. 1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning i. sig. D2^v Studies haue an influence and operation, vpon the manners of those that are conuersant in them. View more context for this quotation 1647 W. Lilly Christian Astrol. lxiv. 398 He was a meer Fisherman, or man conversant in water. 1710 J. Addison Tatler No. 216. ⁋1 It is, methinks, the Mark of a little Genius to be wholly conversant among Insects, Reptiles, Animalcules. 1769 O. Goldsmith Rom. Hist. II. 212 As she had been long conversant in this horrid practice. 1809 E. A. Kendall Trav. Northern Parts U.S. I. xxv. 246 A Jew, skilled in mineralogy..has been conversant among these mountains. 1842 H. Rogers Introd. Burke's Wks. 64 Men too much conversant in office are rarely minds of remarkable enlargement. b. Concerned, occupied, or having to do with (things). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > doing > activity or occupation > [adjective] > having to do with (things) conversanta1616 a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) iv. iii. 70 Neuer to be infected with delight, Nor conuersant with Ease, and Idlenesse, Till [etc.] . View more context for this quotation 1671 J. Milton Paradise Regain'd i. 131 Thou and all Angels conversant on Earth With man or mens affairs. View more context for this quotation 1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 61. ⁋1 The Scholar has been very conversant with Books, and the other with Men only. †c. Occupied or employed about; having one's activity or attention exercised about, upon. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > doing > activity or occupation > [adjective] > busied about or in something butewarda1300 yerna1400 conversanta1425 incumbent1548 conversant1621 versant1645 versed1654 1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy i. ii. ii. vi. 113 Such as are conversant or emploied about any office or businesse. 1622 J. Donne Serm. to Hon. Company Virginian Plantation 8 The Bishop of Rome..is euermore too conuersant vpon the contemplation of temporall Kingdomes. 1646 H. Lawrence Of Communion & Warre with Angels 4 To shewe what the Divell is conversant about. 1806 K. White Let. 25 June God..is as intently conversant about the smallest as about the greatest things. 1828 R. Whately Elem. Rhetoric ii. §7 He had been..long conversant about corn. 4. figurative of things: Exercised in, concerned about (touching); dealing or having to do with; having for its object or sphere. a. in:— ΚΠ 1593 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie iii. xi. 167 The matters wherein Church-politie is conuersant. 1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning ii. sig. Tt2 The Controuersies wherein Morall Philosophie is Conuersant . View more context for this quotation 1754 Bp. T. Sherlock Disc. (1759) I. i. 47 Is not Justice conversant in Rewards and Punishments? 1875 J. B. Lightfoot St. Paul's Epist. Colossians (1876) 273 Physical science is conversant in experiment; logical science in argumentation. b. about:— ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > [adjective] > concerned with or interested in conversant1597 interessed1598 relative1614 conversant1803 interested1828 1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. lxviii. 184 The obiect where about the contemplations and actions of the Church are properly conuersant. 1660 Exact Accompt Trial Regicides 12 There are three things, touching which the Law is conversant..Persons, Things, and Actions. 1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 329 Public virtue, being..conversant about great concerns. View more context for this quotation 1827 R. Whately Elem. Logic ii. ii. §2 (note) Logic is entirely conversant about language. c. with:— ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > [adjective] > concerned with or interested in conversant1597 interessed1598 relative1614 conversant1803 interested1828 1803 J. Mackintosh Def. Peltier in Wks. (1846) III. 249 That philosophy which is conversant with human affairs. 1850 C. G. B. Daubeny Introd. Atomic Theory (ed. 2) ii. 58 Chemistry..had..been conversant merely with the qualities of matter. 5. a. Versed or experienced in; ‘well up’ in. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > knowledge, what is known > familiarity > [adjective] > knowing about, familiar with craftyOE slyc1175 coutha1225 well acquainteda1250 privyc1300 cunningc1325 well-groundeda1438 acquainted?a1439 familiar1509 at home1531 overseen1533 intelligent1546 long-experienced1567 conversant1573 skilful1596 accomplished1603 frequent1609 well (better, best) verseda1610 understanding1612 sound1615 studieda1616 technical1617 versed1622 conversing1724 versant1787 on intimate habits1809 special1830 inquainted1849 pre-acquainted1907 sophisticated1952 1573 Abp. M. Parker Let. 9 May in Corr. (1853) (modernized text) 425 Some whom he judgeth to be conversant in histories. a1626 F. Bacon Q. Elizabeth in Wks. (Bohn) 487 She was very conversant in the Scriptures and writings of the fathers. 1635 J. Swan Speculum Mundi vii. §3. 348 One well versed or conversant in these things. 1786 J. Reynolds Disc. Royal Acad. (1876) xiii. 76 A great master who is thoroughly conversant in the nature of man. 1841 I. D'Israeli Amenities Lit. I. 72 All the languages in which Milton was conversant. b. Familiar or intimately acquainted with (anything), as a result of having been occupied with it. ΚΠ 1726 D. Defoe Polit. Hist. Devil i. vii. 90 They are conversant with other Parts of God's Creation. 1771 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra (1772) II. liv. 229 I speak to facts, with which all of us are conversant. 1865 J. Bright Speeches Amer. Question 213 Those men who are most conversant with American affairs. 1878 W. E. H. Lecky Hist. Eng. 18th Cent. I. iii. 412 Like Walpole..he was thoroughly conversant with questions of finance. c. with on. ΚΠ 1778 F. Burney Evelina I. xvii. 113 The young man..seemed to be very conversant on the subject. †6. Of things: Frequently occurring and hence familiarly known, familiar. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > knowledge, what is known > familiarity > [adjective] couthOE known1340 familiara1398 unstrangec1400 learnedc1420 conversant1430 beknown?c1475 well-beknown1480 quentc1540 well-kent1554 quainted1560 well-known1568 obversant1579 conversed1607 tame1609 familiarized1633 intimatea1680 household1761 homely1782 ole1835 old1898 1430 J. Lydgate tr. Hist. Troy ii. xvii The vile serpent the Leuiathan..Whych of kynde is neuer conuersaunt. c1485 Digby Myst. (1882) v. 609 These thynges be now so conuersaunt, we seme it no shame. 1601 W. Cornwallis Disc. Seneca sig. A8^v The most pleasing and most conuersant thoughtes of the best contented mindes, are descended from hope. 1651 in T. Fuller Abel Redevivus 334 To imbrace a pure worship of the Lord, which had not yet been conversant amongst them. †7. ? Familiarly known, frequented. rare. ΚΠ 1461 M. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 267 She thynkyth þe place is right conuersaunt of pupyll for hyr to a-beyd in, for she kepyth hyr as close as she may for spyyng. 8. Having the quality of conversing, ready to converse; conversable. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > loquacity or talkativeness > [adjective] wordyeOE talewisec1200 i-worded?c1225 babblinga1250 cacklinga1250 chatteringa1250 speakfula1250 word-wooda1250 of many wordsc1350 janglingc1374 tatteringc1380 tongueya1382 ganglinga1398 readya1400 jargaunt1412 talkative1432 open-moutheda1470 clattering1477 trattling?a1513 windy1513 popping1528 smatteringa1529 rattle?1529 communicablea1533 blab1552 gaggling1553 long-tongued?1553 prittle-prattle1556 pattering1558 talking1560 bobling1566 gabbling1566 verbal1572 piet1573 twattling1573 flibber gibber1575 babblative1576 tickle-tongued1577 tattling1581 buzzing1587 long-winded1589 multiloquous1591 discoursive1599 rattling1600 glib1602 flippant1605 talkful1605 nimble-tongued1608 tongue-ripe1610 fliperous1611 garrulous?1611 futile1612 overspeaking1612 feather-tongueda1618 tongue-free1617 long-breatheda1628 well-breathed1635 multiloquious1640 untongue-tied1640 unretentive1650 communicative1651 linguacious1651 glibbed1654 largiloquent1656 multiloquent1656 parlagea1657 loose-clacked1661 nimble-chop1662 twit-twat1665 over-talkativea1667 loquacious1667 loudmouth1668 conversable1673 gash1681 narrative1681 chappy1693 apposite1701 conversative1703 gabbit1710 lubricous1715 gabby?1719 ventose1721 taleful1726 chatty?1741 blethering1759 renable1781 fetch-fire1784 conversational1799 conversant1803 gashing1808 long-lunged1815 talky1815 multi-loquacious1819 prolegomenous1822 talky-talky1831 nimble-mouthed1836 slipper1842 speechful1842 gassy1843 in great force1849 yattering1859 babbly1860 irreticent1864 chattable1867 lubrical1867 chattery1869 loose-mouthed1872 chinny1883 tongue-wagging1885 yappy1909 big-mouthed1914 loose-lipped1919 ear-bashing1945 ear-bending1946 yackety-yacking1953 nattering1959 yacking1959 woofy1960 1803 Man in Moon 23 Dec. (1804) 92 He..was polite and attentive to the women, and friendly and conversant with the men. 1831 Fraser's Mag. 3 408 Fluent without volubility, and conversant without loquaciousness. B. n. †1. A person who ‘converses’ or is intimate with another; a familiar acquaintance. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > friendliness > [noun] > state of being acquainted > acquaintance friendOE knowerc1350 acquainta1400 knowinga1400 acquaintancec1405 acquainted?c1566 conversant1589 acquaintant1611 habitude1676 contact1931 1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie iii. xxv. 251 Some such..secret disease, as the common conuersant can hardly discouer. 1650 T. Hubbert Pilula 221 Not thy familiar acquaintance, nor thy intimate conversants. a1680 S. Butler Genuine Remains (1759) I. 114 While Fools their Conversants possess As unawares with Sottishness. †2. One who leads a ‘religious’ or monastic life: see conversāre in Du Cange. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > monasticism > [noun] cloisterer1340 religious1340 closterera1400 ruler1399 regular1443 professorc1500 votary1543 conventual1611 religionary1622 conventer1671 conversant1671 conventualist1762 religioner1808 1671 H. M. tr. Erasmus Colloquies 149 Some women of that Colledge..whom they call Conversants, encouraging me, with their exhortations, to persevere in my holy purpose. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.n.a1340
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