{
    "word": "versatile",
    "definition": "1 definition found\n\nFrom The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:\n\n  Versatile \\Ver\"sa*tile\\, a. [L. versatilis, fr. versare to turn\n     around, v. freq. of vertere: cf. F. versatile. See {Verse}.]\n     1. Capable of being turned round. --Harte.\n        [1913 Webster]\n  \n     2. Liable to be turned in opinion; changeable; variable;\n        unsteady; inconstant; as, a versatile disposition.\n        [1913 Webster]\n  \n     3. Turning with ease from one thing to another; readily\n        applied to a new task, or to various subjects; many-sided;\n        as, versatile genius; a versatile politician.\n        [1913 Webster]\n  \n              Conspicuous among the youths of high promise . . .\n              was the quick and versatile [Charles] Montagu.\n                                                    --Macaulay.\n        [1913 Webster]\n  \n     4. (Nat. Hist.) Capable of turning; freely movable; as, a\n        versatile anther, which is fixed at one point to the\n        filament, and hence is very easily turned around; a\n        versatile toe of a bird.\n        [1913 Webster] -- {Ver\"sa*tile*ly}, adv. -- --\n        {Ver\"sa*tile*ness}, n.\n        [1913 Webster]\n"
}