versed

See also: Versed

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /vɝst/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /vɜːst/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)st
• Homophone: verst

Adjective

versed (comparative more versed, superlative most versed)

1. Knowledgeable or skilled, either through study or experience; familiar; practiced.
   • 1671, 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:

     deep versed in books and shallow in himself

   • 1829, 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:

     opinions […] derived from studying the Scriptures, wherein he was versed beyond any person of his age

   • 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:

     These men were versed in the details of business.

   • 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:

     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.

Synonyms

• conversant

Derived terms

• well versed

Translations

knowledgeable or skilled

Bulgarian: изкусен (bg) (izkusen), опитен (bg) (opiten) Catalan: versat (ca) Czech: zběhlý (cs) Danish: kyndig, øvet French: versé (fr) Georgian: განსწავლული (gansc̣avluli), მცოდნე (mcodne), ჩახედული (čaxeduli), გამოცდილი (gamocdili), დახელოვნებული (daxelovnebuli) German: versiert (de), geschickt (de), erfahren (de), geübt (de), bekannt (de), sachkundig (de), kundig (de) Maori: pūkenga Scottish Gaelic: fiosrach Serbo-Croatian: верзиран (verziran) Spanish: versado (es) Swedish: bevandrad (sv), förtrogen (sv) (followed by the preposition med), verserad (sv)

Verb

versed

1. past of verse

See also

• versed cosine
• versed sine

Anagrams

• Devers, Verdes, served

Hungarian

Etymology

vers +‎ -ed (possessive suffix)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvɛrʃɛd]
• Hyphenation: ver‧sed

Noun

versed

1. second-person singular single-possession possessive of vers

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	versed	—
accusative	versedet	—
dative	versednek	—
instrumental	verseddel	—
causal-final	versedért	—
translative	verseddé	—
terminative	versedig	—
essive-formal	versedként	—
essive-modal	versedül	—
inessive	versedben	—
superessive	verseden	—
adessive	versednél	—
illative	versedbe	—
sublative	versedre	—
allative	versedhez	—
elative	versedből	—
delative	versedről	—
ablative	versedtől	—
non-attributive possessive – singular	versedé	—
non-attributive possessive – plural	versedéi	—