versed
adjective
[ vəːst ]
• experienced or skilled in; knowledgeable about.
• "a solicitor well versed in employment law"
Similar:
acquainted with,
conversant with,
familiar with,
informed about,
knowledgeable about,
well informed about,
instructed in,
skilled in,
proficient in,
at home with,
no stranger to,
au fait with,
au courant with,
apprised of,
abreast of,
up to date with,
in touch with,
well up on,
in the know about,
genned up on,
clued in on,
clued up on,
plugged into,
switched on to,
Opposite:
unfamiliar with,
Origin:
early 17th century: from French versé or Latin versatus, past participle of versari ‘be engaged in’.
verse
verb
• speak in or compose verse; versify.
• "he began to verse extemporaneously in her ear"
Origin:
Old English fers, from Latin versus ‘a turn of the plough, a furrow, a line of writing’, from vertere ‘to turn’; reinforced in Middle English by Old French vers, from Latin versus .
