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English Dictionary: versatile	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
versatile adj having great diversity or variety; "his various achievements are impressive"; "his vast and versatile erudition" Synonym(s): versatile, various changeable or inconstant; "versatile moods" competent in many areas and able to turn with ease from one thing to another; "a versatile writer" 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"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Versatile \Ver"satile\, 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"satilely}, adv. -- -- {Ver"satileness}, n.