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versed
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /v??(r)st/
- Rhymes: -??(r)st
Adjective
versed (comparative more versed, superlative most versed)
- knowledgeable or skilled, either through study or experience; familiar; practiced
- 1829, Robert Southey, Sir Thomas More; or, Colloquies on the Progress and Prospects of Society
- opinions […] derived from studying the Scriptures, wherein he was versed beyond any person of his age
- 1829, Robert Southey, Sir Thomas More; or, Colloquies on the Progress and Prospects of Society
Translations
Verb
versed
- past tense of verse
See also
- versed sine
Anagrams
- Devers, Verdes, served
Hungarian
Etymology
vers +? -ed (possessive suffix)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?v?r??d]
- Hyphenation: ver?sed
Noun
versed
- second-person singular single-possession possessive of vers
Declension
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equal
English
Alternative forms
- æqual (archaic), æquall (archaic)
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin aequ?lis, of unknown origin. Doublet of egal.
Pronunciation
- enPR: ?k'w?l, IPA(key): /?i?kw?l/
- Rhymes: -i?kw?l
Adjective
equal (not generally comparable, comparative more equal, superlative most equal)
- (not comparable) The same in all respects.
- 1705, George Cheyne, The Philosophical Principles of Religion Natural and Revealed
- They who are not disposed to receive them may let them alone or reject them; it is equal to me.
- 1705, George Cheyne, The Philosophical Principles of Religion Natural and Revealed
- (mathematics, not comparable) Exactly identical, having the same value.
- (obsolete) Fair, impartial.
- Are not my ways equal?
- (comparable) Adequate; sufficiently capable or qualified.
- 1881, Jane Austen, Emma, page 311
- her comprehension was certainly more equal to the covert meaning, the superior intelligence, of those five letters so arranged.
- much less is it in my power to make my commendations equal to your merits.
- 1842, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Threnody
- […] whose voice an equal messenger / Conveyed thy meaning mild.
- 1881, Jane Austen, Emma, page 311
- (obsolete) Not variable; equable; uniform; even.
- an equal temper
- (music) Intended for voices of one kind only, either all male or all female; not mixed.
Usage notes
- In mathematics, this adjective can be used in phrases like "A and B are equal", "A is equal to B", and, less commonly, "A is equal with B".
- The most common comparative use is the ironic expression more equal.
Synonyms
- (the same in all respects): identical
- (the same in all relevant respects): equivalent
- (unvarying): even, fair, uniform, unvarying
Translations
Verb
equal (third-person singular simple present equals, present participle (Commonwealth) equalling or (US) equaling, simple past and past participle (Commonwealth) equalled or (US) equaled)
- (mathematics, copulative) To be equal to, to have the same value as; to correspond to.
- (transitive) To make equivalent to; to cause to match.
- (informal) To have as its consequence.
Synonyms
- (to be equal to): be, is
- (informal, have as its consequence): entail, imply, lead to, mean, result in, spell
Translations
Noun
equal (plural equals)
- A person or thing of equal status to others.
- Those who were once his equals envy and defame him.
- (obsolete) State of being equal; equality.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Spenser to this entry?)
Synonyms
- (person or thing of equal status to others): peer
Derived terms
Related terms
- equality
Translations
Anagrams
- Quale, quale, queal
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