versed

• (General American) IPA^(key): /vɝst/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /vɜːst/

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• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)st
• Homophone: verst

versed (comparative more versed, superlative most versed)

1. 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. 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.

versed

1. past tense of verse

• versed sine

• Devers, Verdes, served

vers +‎ -ed (possessive suffix)

• IPA^(key): [ˈvɛrʃɛd]
• Hyphenation: ver‧sed

versed

1. second-person singular single-possession possessive of vers