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versant

[vur-suhnt] / ˈvɜr sənt /


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A gadget lover, Alexander is known to roll up his sleeves to become versant with the latest security technologies.

From Reuters • May 26, 2013

Had they been more versant in the periodical literature of the day, they might in this 'slashing' style have caught perhaps a glimpse of the future candidate for their borough, the Right Honourable Nicholas Rigby.

From Coningsby by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield

Judging from published records, this species is limited in Middle America to the Pacific versant.

From Noteworthy Records of Bats From Nicaragua, with a Checklist of the Chiropteran Fauna of the Country by Jones, J. Knox

He was a native of Fife, and in early life became versant in occult science.

From The Mysteries of All Nations Rise and Progress of Superstition, Laws Against and Trials of Witches, Ancient and Modern Delusions Together With Strange Customs, Fables, and Tales by Grant, James, archaeologist

Diaz calls the two last, Teuleticle and Teatical; but though his facts are fully more to be depended upon, Clavigero may be accounted better versant in Mexican orthography.--E.

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 04 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time by Kerr, Robert




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