Ū'ni-vĕrse, n.

n. [Fr. univers, Sp. & It. universo, Lat. universum, from universus, universal, from unus, one, and vertere, versum, to turn, i. e., turned into one, combined into one whole.] All created things viewed as constituting one system or whole; the world; the τὸ πᾶν of the Greeks, and the mundus of the Latins.

How may I Adore thee, Author of this universe And all this good to man! Milton.