Vĕr'sa-tile, a.
a. [Fr. versatile, Sp. & Pg. versatil, It. versatile, Lat. versatilis, from versare, to turn around. See supra.]
- Capable of being turned round. [Rare.] Harte.
- Liable to be turned in opinion; changeable; variable; unsteady; as, a man of versatile disposition.
Conspicuous among the youths of high promise . . . was the quick and versatile Montague. Macaulay.
- Turning with ease from one thing to another; readily applied to a new task, or to various subjects; as, a man of versatile genius.
- (Nat. Hist.) Capable of revolving; freely movable; as, a versatile anther, which is fixed at one point, but freely movable. Lindley.
