obversant

English

Etymology

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

Adjective

obversant (comparative more obversant, superlative most obversant)

(obsolete) conversant; familiar
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for obversant in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Anagrams

Observant, bevatrons, observant

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