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versant

[ vur-suhnt ]

noun

  1. a slope of a mountain or mountain chain.
  2. the general slope of a country or region.


versant

/ ˈɜːəԳ /

noun

  1. rare the side or slope of a mountain or mountain range
  2. the slope of a region
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of versant1

1850–55; < French, noun use of present participle of verser to turn < Latin , frequentative of vertere to turn; verse, -ant
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Word History and Origins

Origin of versant1

C19: from French, from verser to turn, from Latin
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Neither candidate fell into the traps the other side tried to lay in advance: She seemed versant on the issues; he didn’t lose his cool or condescend uncomfortably.

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A gadget lover, Alexander is known to roll up his sleeves to become versant with the latest security technologies.

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Llan means a level place generally, as most of your readers who are versant in those subjects know.

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It appears that he was versant in the spasmodic diseases of women; and no more was wanting to induce the vulgar to regard him as a sorcerer, or performer of miracles.

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Remarks.—Previous authors who treated Syrrhophus placed this species in the western complex, because it occurs on the Pacific versant and has a reduced outer palmar tubercle.

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