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† versaˈbility Obs.
[See next and -ity.]
a. = versatility 2.
b. Aptness or readiness to be changed or turned (round).
1673O. Walker Educ. xi. 122 Wit..consists (saith Thesauro) in 1. perspicacity, which is the consideration of all..circumstances: and 2. versability, or speedy comparing them together. 1721Bailey, Versability, an aptness to be turn'd, chang'd or wound any way. 1762Sterne Tr. Shandy v. xlii, By the versability of this great engine, round which they are twisted, to open new tracts of enquiry. |