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单词 versable
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versableadj.

Etymology: < Latin versābilis, < versāre : see verse v.2Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈversable.
Obsolete. rare. Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.
(See quots.)
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the world > space > direction > [adjective] > turning or able to face any direction
turnable1483
convertible1526
versable1623
various1629
versatile1658
tropic1677
orientable1912
1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. i Versable, which may be turned.
1656 T. Blount Glossographia Versable, that turns, or may be turned; turned or wounden one about another.
1721 in N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. ; and in later Dicts.

Derivatives

ˈversableness n. Obsolete
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1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Versableness, Aptness to be turned, or wound any way. [Hence in later Dicts.]
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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