Versed
[vɜːst] or [vɝst]
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Verse
(a.) Acquainted or familiar, as the result of experience, study, practice, etc.; skilled; practiced.
(a.) Turned.
Typist: Rosa
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Skilled, skilful, practised, accomplished, conversant, acquainted, qualified, trained, proficient, clever, able, good at, at home in, au fait.
Editor: Peter
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Skilled, practiced, conversant, acquainted, initiated, indoctrinated, clever,familiar, {thoroughly_acquainted}, proficient
ANT:Unskilled, ill-versed, unpracticed, inconversant, unfamiliar, uninitiated,ignorant, awkward, strange, unversed, untaught
Editor: Margie
Definition
adj. thoroughly acquainted skilled (fol. by in): (math.) reversed.—adj. Vers (her.) reversed or turned in an unusual direction.—Also Renverse.
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Examples
- His father was a merchant, engaged in business in Pisa, a man well versed in the Latin and Greek tongues, and well known for his knowledge of mathematics. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Gautama became versed in all the metaphysics of his age. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- A woman's standard of truthfulness was tacitly held to be lower: she was the subject creature, and versed in the arts of the enslaved. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- And Bell himself was not sufficiently well versed in business affairs to know how to make the most of his invention. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- But he was well versed in the Hellenic theologies of Alexandria, and his language was Greek. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- There was a most ingenious doctor, who seemed to be perfectly versed in the whole nature and system of government. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- Happily, there are more ways than one of sowing the good seed, and few persons are better versed in those ways than myself. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
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