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.
Con*vers"ant (?), n. One who
converses with another; a convenser. [R.]
