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Definition of: versatile
(vûr′sə·til) adjective
1. Having an aptitude for new tasks or occupations; many–sided.
2. Subject to change; inconstant; variable.
3. Freely swinging or turning: said of an anther part so slightly attached to its support that it readily swings to and fro.
4. Capable of being turned forward or backward, as the toe of a bird; movable in every direction, as insect antennae, [<F <L versatilis <versare, freq. of vertere turn]
—ver′sa·tile·ly adverb
—ver′sa·til′i·ty, ver′sa·tile·ness noun
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