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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

Vĕr'sion, n.

noun

n. [Fr. & Sp. version, It. versione, N. Lat. versio, from Lat. vertere, versum, to turn, to change, to translate.]

  1. A change of form, direction, or the like; transformation; conversion; turning. [Obs.] “The version of air into water.” Bacon.
  2. The act of translating; the rendering of thoughts or ideas, expressed in one language, into words of like signification in another language.
  3. A translation; that which is rendered from another language; as, the Common or Authorized version of the Scriptures; the Septuagint version of the Old Testament was made for the benefit of the Jews in Alexandria.