conversant

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

conversant
    adj 1: (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)}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Conversant \Con"ver*sant\, a. [L. conversans, p. pr. of
   conversari: cf. F. conversant.]
   1. Having frequent or customary intercourse; familiary
      associated; intimately acquainted.
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            I have been conversant with the first persons of the
            age.                                  --Dryden.
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   2. Familiar or acquainted by use or study; well-informed;
      versed; -- generally used with with, sometimes with in.
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            Deeply conversant in the Platonic philosophy.
                                                  --Dryden.
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            he uses the different dialects as one who had been
            conversant with them all.             --Pope.
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            Conversant only with the ways of men. --Cowper.
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   3. Concerned; occupied.
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            Education . . . is conversant about children. --W.
                                                  Wotton.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Conversant \Con*vers"ant\, n.
   One who converses with another; a convenser. [R.]
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from Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)

CONVERSANT. One who is in the habit of being in a particular place, is said 
to be conversant there. Barnes, 162.

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

50 Moby Thesaurus words for "conversant":
      abreast, accomplished, acquainted, acquainted with, alive,
      apprehending, apprehensive, at concert pitch, at home in,
      at home with, au courant, au fait, awake, career, coached,
      cognizant, comprehending, conscious, conversant with,
      familiar with, finished, informed, informed in, initiate,
      initiated, intimate with, knowing, master of, no stranger to,
      perceptive, percipient, practiced, prepared, primed, professional,
      proficient in, sensible, sentient, skilled, strong in, technical,
      trained, up, up on, up-to-date, used to, versed, versed in,
      well-read in, witting