to be conversant with a subject

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• conversant — conversant, versed are comparable when they mean being familiar with something; they are seldom found in attributive use. Conversant (usually followed by with) implies a familiarity with a subject or a field of knowledge or with the writings on… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• conversant — adj. (foll. by with) well experienced or acquainted with a subject, person, etc. Derivatives: conversance n. conversancy n. Etymology: ME f. OF, pres. part. of converser CONVERSE(1) …   Useful english dictionary

• To be at home on any subject — Home Home (h[=o]m; 110), n. [OE. hom, ham, AS. h[=a]m; akin to OS. h[=e]m, D. & G. heim, Sw. hem, Dan. hiem, Icel. heimr abode, world, heima home, Goth. haims village, Lith. k[ e]mas, and perh. to Gr. kw mh village, or to E. hind a peasant; cf.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Marine art — Rembrandt van Rijn, The Storm on the Sea of Galilee 1633 Marine art or maritime art is any form of figurative art (that is, painting, drawing, printmaking and sculpture) that portrays or draws its main inspiration from the sea. Maritime painting… …   Wikipedia

• Allocution — • A solemn form of address or speech from the throne employed by the Pope on certain occasions Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Allocution     Allocution      …   Catholic encyclopedia

• William Ramsay Smith — (1859 – 1937) was an Australian anthropologist. He was the son of William Smith and Mary MacDonald, was born at King Edward, Aberdeenshire, on 27 November 1859. He attended district schools, and winning a Free Church scholarship, went to… …   Wikipedia

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• popular sense — In reference to the construction of a statute, this term means that sense which people conversant with the subject matter with which the statute is dealing would attribute to it …   Black's law dictionary

• open and visible easement — An apparent and obvious easement, one susceptible of ascertainment on a reasonable inspection of the premises by a person ordinarily conversant with the subject, such as a pathway or road. 25 Am J2d Ease § 9 …   Ballentine's law dictionary

• Knowledge — • Knowledge, being a primitive fact of consciousness, cannot, strictly speaking, be defined; but the direct and spontaneous consciousness of knowing may be made clearer by pointing out its essential and distinctive characteristics Catholic… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Gospel of St. Matthew —     Gospel of St. Matthew     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Gospel of St. Matthew     I. CANONICITY     The earliest Christian communities looked upon the books of the Old Testament as Sacred Scripture, and read them at their religious assemblies.… …   Catholic encyclopedia