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versatile |
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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