"obversant" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more obversant [comparative], most obversant [superlative]
Etymology: From Latin obversans, present participle of obversari (“to hover before”), from ob (see ob-) + versare (“to move about”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|obversans}} Latin obversans, {{af|en|ob-}} ob- Head templates: {{en-adj}} obversant (comparative more obversant, superlative most obversant)
  1. (obsolete) conversant; familiar Tags: obsolete
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