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versal

American  
[vur-suhl] / ˈvɜr səl /

adjective

Archaic.
  1. universal or whole.


Etymology

Origin of versal

1585–95; shortening of universal; cf. varsity

Example Sentences

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Whatever the cause of its sudden thickening, Matthews reasoned, the bridge could not have grown faster than the velocity of light, which is the uni versal speed limit.

From Time Magazine Archive

More than anything, the exhibition seemed to prove that 20th-Century art is far too subjective for the telling of uni versal truths.

From Time Magazine Archive

This crater consists of a circle of hills some of which stand quite detached, but all have a very regular, qua- qua versal dip, at an inclination of between thirty and forty degrees.

From Volcanic Islands by Darwin, Charles

Behold, we learn thus how bitter afflictions and uni-940 versal miseries came upon us.

From Genesis A Translated from the Old English by Mason, Lawrence

Send me some news for we are excluded from the sight or hearing of any versal thing, except Jeffery.”

From The Book of Dreams and Ghosts by Lang, Andrew

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