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Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Versed

Versed (vẽrst), a. [Cf. F. versé, L. versatus, p. p. of versari to turn about frequently, to turn over, to be engaged in a thing, passive of versare. See Versant, a.] Acquainted or familiar, as the result of experience, study, practice, etc.; skilled; practiced.

Deep versed in books and shallow in himself. Milton.

Opinions . . . derived from studying the Scriptures, wherein he was versed beyond any person of his age. Southey.

These men were versed in the details of business. Macaulay.

Versed, a. [L. versus turned, p. p. vertere. See 1st Versed.] (Math.) Turned.

Versed sine. See under Sine, and Illust. of Functions.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Noah Porter, editor (Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913). Public domain. Text as transcribed by MICRA, Inc., from Project Gutenberg. Changed for Deep Dive Bible: Greek, which our source spelled in Latin letters, set in Greek letters; entries of one spelling merged into one article; Greek words our source left out (shown as “?”), read from the 1898 printing, from the same plates (the Library of Congress’s copy), where the place could be found with certainty.