versed
verb1
Past past of verse
- Related terms
- versed cosine, versed sine
versed
adjUS /vɝst/ · UK /vɜːst/
1
Knowledgeable or skilled, either through study or experience; familiar; practiced.
- deep versed in books and shallow in himself1671, John Milton, “The Fourth Book”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC:
- opinions […] derived from studying the Scriptures, wherein he was versed beyond any person of his age1829, Robert Southey, “(please specify the page)”, in Sir Thomas More: or, Colloquies on the Progress and Prospects of Society. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: John Murray, […], →OCLC:
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- These men were versed in the details of business.1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter XI, in The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, →OCLC:
- I mean no disrespect for such knowledge, if anyone really is versed in it – I do not want any more lawsuits brought against me by Meletus – but the fact is, gentlemen, that I take no interest in it.1954, Plato, translated by Hugh Tredennick, “Socrates on Trial: The Apology”, in The Last Days of Socrates (Penguin Classics), Harmondsworth, Middlesex: Penguin Books, →OCLC, page 21:
- Synonyms
- conversant
- Derived terms
- well versed