versed
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See also: Versed
English
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (General American) IPA(key): /vɝst/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /vɜːst/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)st
- Homophone: verst
Adjective
[edit]versed (comparative more versed, superlative most versed)
- 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 11, 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.
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]knowledgeable or skilled
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Verb
[edit]versed
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[edit]Hungarian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]vers + -ed (possessive suffix)
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]versed
Declension
[edit]Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony) | ||
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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 | — |
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