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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Conversant \Con"ver*sant\, adjective [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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Conversant \Con*vers"ant\, noun One who converses with another; a convenser. [R.]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
conversant
adjective: (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 Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
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
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