versed

  • 21versed in — knowledgeable about or skilled in. → versed …

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  • 22versed — adjective (versed in) knowledgeable about or skilled in. Origin C17: from Fr. versé or L. versatus, past participle of versari be engaged in …

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  • 23versed — [[t]vɜrst[/t]] adj. experienced or practiced; skilled; learned (usu. fol. by in): well versed in Greek and Latin[/ex] • Etymology: 1600–10; < L versātus busied, engaged (see versatile), with ed II for L ātus …

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  • 24versed — 1. adj. (foll. by in) experienced or skilled in; knowledgeable about. Etymology: F verseacute or L versatus past part. of versari be engaged in (as VERSANT) 2. adj. Math. reversed. Phrases and idioms: versed sine unity minus cosine. Etymology:… …

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  • 25Versed — 1. adj. (foll. by in) experienced or skilled in; knowledgeable about. Etymology: F verseacute or L versatus past part. of versari be engaged in (as VERSANT) 2. adj. Math. reversed. Phrases and idioms: versed sine unity minus cosine. Etymology:… …

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  • 26Versed sine — Versed Versed, a. [L. versus turned, p. p. vertere. See 1st {Versed}.] (Math.) Turned. [1913 Webster] {Versed sine}. See under {Sine}, and Illust. of {Functions}. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 27versed sine — n. [< ModL versus < L, pp. of vertere, to turn (see VERSE) + ED] Trigonometry the number 1 minus the cosine of a given angle …

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  • 28versed sine — noun Etymology: versed from New Latin versus turned (from past participle of Latin vertere to turn) + English ed : 1 minus the cosine of an angle * * * Trig. one minus the cosine of a given angle or arc. Abbr.: vers. Also called versine, versin.… …

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  • 29Versed sine — Sine Sine, n. [LL. sinus a sine, L. sinus bosom, used in translating the Ar. jaib, properly, bosom, but probably read by mistake (the consonants being the same) for an original j[=i]ba sine, from Skr. j[=i]va bowstring, chord of an arc, sine.]… …

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  • 30versed — adjective knowledgeable or skilled, either through study or experience …

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