Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The state or quality of being versable; aptness to be turned round.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun rare The quality or state of being versable.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The quality or state of being
versable .
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word versability.
Examples
-
Now the use of the Auxiliaries is, at once to set the soul a-going by herself upon the materials as they are brought her; and by the versability of this great engine, round which they are twisted, to open new tracts of enquiry, and make every idea engender millions.
-
Now the use of the Auxiliaries is, at once to set the soul a-going by herself upon the materials as they are brought her; and by the versability of this great engine, round which they are twisted, to open new tracts of enquiry, and make every idea engender millions.
-
But by what process of rubbing, under this law of versability, molecular force can be reversed, or differentiated back into vital force, Mr. Spencer has not condescended to inform us.
Life: Its True Genesis R. W. Wright
-
The character of this young Lord, though abounding in inconsistencies was truly amiable: he had great abilities, and a quickness of perception almost incredible, which might have rendered him one of the first characters of the day, but it was unhappily blended with such versability of pursuit, that no science, or talent, was thought of by him longer, than whilst he was acquiring it.
Drelincourt and Rodalvi; or, Memoirs of Two Nobel Families Byron 1807
-
The reader is to understand that when he rubs two flat sticks together, the heat thereby engendered is not the result of friction, as all the world has heretofore supposed, but that the amount of force expended in rubbing the right-hand stick against the left-hand stick, is, by some law of versability, not over-well defined, transferred to the two sticks, and gets so entangled between their surfaces that it can only reappear in another and altogether different kind of force.
Life: Its True Genesis R. W. Wright
-
[(blended with such versability) 29.7 (of pursuit, that no science, or talent, was thoug) 9.7 (ht of by) 29.7 (him)] TJ
Drelincourt and Rodalvi; or, Memoirs of Two Nobel Families Byron 1807
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.