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versatile
1. Botany (of an anther) attached to the filament by a small area so that it moves freely in the wind
2. Zoology able to turn forwards and backwards


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For so Livy (after he had described Cato Major in these words, In illo viro tantum robur corporis et animi fuit, ut quocunque loco natus esset, fortunam sibi facturus videretur) falleth upon that, that he had versatile ingenium.
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The orchestra played negro melodies and a versatile drummer pounded, whacked, clattered and scratched on a dozen machines to make noise.
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[16] versatile master of English--happily not yet included in Mr.
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