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  • VERSET
    A verse. Milton.
  • VERSEMAN
    See PRIOR
  • VERSABLENESS
    Versability.
  • VERS DE SOCIETE
    See SOCIETY
  • VERST
    A Russian measure of length containing 3,500 English feet.
  • VERSAL
    Universal. Shak.
  • VERSUTE
    Crafty; wily; cunning; artful.
  • VERSOR
    The turning factor of a quaternion. Note: The change of one vector into another is considered in quaternions as made up of two operations; 1st, the rotation of the first vector so that it shall be parallel to the second; 2d, the change of length
  • VERSANT
    Familiar; conversant. Men not versant with courts of justice. Sydney Smith.
  • VERSATILITY
    The quality or state of being versatile; versatileness.
  • VERSABLE
    Capable of being turned.
  • VERSIONIST
    One who makes or favors a version; a translator.
  • VERSEMONGER
    A writer of verses; especially, a writer of commonplace poetry; a poetaster; a rhymer; -- used humorously or in contempt.
  • VERSIFICATION
    The act, art, or practice, of versifying, or making verses; the construction of poetry; metrical composition.
  • VERSION
    A condition of the uterus in which its axis is deflected from its normal position without being bent upon itself. See Anteversion, and Retroversion. 3. The act of translating, or rendering, from one language into another language. 4. A translation;
  • VERSUS
    Against; as, John Doe versus Richard Roe; -- chiefly used in legal language, and abbreviated to v. or vs.
  • VERSUAL
    Of or pertaining to a verse.
  • VERSED
    Acquainted or familiar, as the result of experience, study, practice, etc.; skilled; practiced. Deep versed in books and shallow in himself. Milton. Opinions . . . derived from studying the Scriptures, wherein he was versed beyond any person of
  • VERSO
    The reverse, or left-hand, page of a book or a folded sheet of paper; -- opposed to recto.
  • VERSE
    and, in poetry, a verse, from vertere, versum, to turn, to turn round; akin to E. worth to become: cf. F. vers. See Worth to become, and cf. Advertise, Averse, Controversy, Convert, Divers, Invert, 1. A line consisting of a certain number
  • CONTROVERSER
    A disputant.
  • DIVERSIFORM
    Of a different form; of varied forms.
  • REVERSED
    Annulled and the contrary substituted; as, a reversed judgment or decree. Reversed positive or negative , a picture corresponding with the original in light and shade, but reversed as to right and left. Abney. (more info) 1. Turned side for side,
  • UNIVERSITY
    universitas all together, the whole, the universe, a number of persons associated into one body, a society, corporation, fr. 1. The universe; the whole. Dr. H. More. 2. An association, society, guild, or corporation, esp. one capable of having
  • AVERSENESS
    The quality of being averse; opposition of mind; unwillingness.
  • OVERSHOT
    From Overshoot, v. t. Overshot wheel, a vertical water wheel, the circumference of which is covered with cavities or buckets, and which is turned by water which shoots over the top of it, filling the buckets on the farther side and acting chiefly
  • REVERSION
    The returning of an esttate to the grantor or his heirs, by operation of law, after the grant has terminated; hence, the residue of an estate left in the proprietor or owner thereof, to take effect in possession, by operation of law, after
  • ESTOVERS
    Necessaries or supples; an allowance to a person out of an estate or other thing for support; as of wood to a tenant for life, etc., of sustenance to a man confined for felony of his estate, or alimony to a woman divorced out of her husband's
  • DIVERS
    directions, different, p. p. of divertere. See Divert, and cf. 1. Different in kind or species; diverse. Every sect of them hath a divers posture. Bacon. Thou shalt not sow thy vineyard with divers seeds. Deut. xxii. 9. 2. Several; sundry; various;
  • CONTROVERSAL
    1. Turning or looking opposite ways. The temple of Janus, with his two controversal faces. Milton. 2. Controversal. Boyle.
  • TERGIVERSATOR
    One who tergiversates; one who suffles, or practices evasion.
  • RENVERSEMENT
    A reversing.
  • CONVERSIVE
    1. Capable of being converted or changed. 2. Ready to converse; social. Feltham.
  • OVERSHOOT
    1. To shoot over or beyond. "Not to overshoot his game." South. 2. To pass swiftly over; to fly beyond. Hartle. 3. To exceed; as, to overshoot the truth. Cowper. To overshoot one's self, to venture too far; to assert too much.
  • AVERSATION
    A turning from with dislike; aversion. Some men have a natural aversation to some vices or virtues, and a natural affection to others. Jer. Taylor.
  • UNIVERSAL
    Adapted or adaptable to all or to various uses, shapes, sizes, etc.; as, a universal milling machine. (more info) 1. Of or pertaining to the universe; extending to, including, or affecting, the whole number, quantity, or space; unlimited; general;
  • SUBVERSION
    The act of overturning, or the state of being overturned; entire overthrow; an overthrow from the foundation; utter ruin; destruction; as, the subversion of a government; the subversion of despotic power; the subversion of the constitution. The

 

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