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It is not only important, but, in a degree necessary, that the people of this country, should have an American Dictionary of the English language; for, although the body of the language is the same as in England, and it is desirable to perpetuate that sameness, yet some differences must exist. Language is the expression of ideas; and if the people of one country cannot preserve an identity of ideas, they cannot retain an identity of language. |
VERS'ATILE, a. [L. versatilis, from versor, to turn.]
Capable of
being turned round.
Harte. Liable to be turned in opinion; changeable;
variable; unsteady; inconstant; as versatile disposition.
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. 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.
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