2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Versatile  \Ver"sa*tile\,  a.  [L.  versatilis  fr  versare  to  turn 
  around  v.  freq.  of  vertere:  cf  F.  versatile.  See  {Verse}.] 
  1.  Capable  of  being  turned  round.  --Harte. 
 
  2.  Liable  to  be  turned  in  opinion;  changeable;  variable; 
  unsteady;  inconstant;  as  versatile  disposition. 
 
  3.  Turning  with  ease  from  one  thing  to  another;  readily 
  applied  to  a  new  task,  or  to  various  subjects;  many-sided; 
  as  versatile  genius;  a  versatile  politician. 
 
  Conspicuous  among  the  youths  of  high  promise  .  .  . 
  was  the  quick  and  versatile  [Charles]  Montagu. 
  --Macaulay. 
 
  4.  (Nat.  Hist.)  Capable  of  turning;  freely  movable;  as  a 
  versatile  anther,  which  is  fixed  at  one  point  to  the 
  filament,  and  hence  is  very  easily  turned  around  a 
  versatile  toe  of  a  bird.  --  {Ver"sa*tile*ly},  adv  --  -- 
  {Ver"sa*tile*ness},  n. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  versatile 
  adj  1:  (used  of  persons)  having  many  skills 
  2:  having  great  diversity  or  variety;  "his  various  achievements 
  are  impressive";  "his  vast  and  versatile  erudition"  [syn: 
  {various}] 
  3:  changeable  or  inconstant;  "versatile  moods" 
  4:  competent  in  many  areas  and  able  to  turn  with  ease  from  one 
  thing  to  another;  "a  versatile  writer" 
  5:  (biology)  able  to  move  freely  in  all  directions;  "an  owl's 
  versatile  toe  can  move  backward  and  forward";  "an  insect's 
  versatile  antennae  can  move  up  and  down  or  laterally";  "a 
  versatile  anther  of  a  flower  moves  freely  in  the  wind" 

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