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versed

[vurst] ,
–adjective
experienced; practiced; skilled; learned (usually fol. by in): She was well versed in Greek and Latin.

Origin:
1600–10; < L versātus busied, engaged (see versatile ), with -ed 2 for L -ātus
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versed 
"practiced," 1610, from pp. of obsolete verse "to turn over" (a book, subject, etc.) in study or investigation, from M.Fr. verser "to turn, revolve" as in meditation, from L. versare "to busy oneself," lit. "to turn to" (see versus).
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