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versability

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English

Etymology

From versable + -ity.

Noun

versability (uncountable)

  1. The quality or state of being versable.
    • 1759–1767, [Laurence Sterne], The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, volume (please specify |volume=I to IX), London: [] T. Becket and P. A. Dehondt, []:
      Now the use of the Auxiliaries is, at once to set the soul a going by herself upon the materials as they are brought to her, and by the versability of this great engine, round which they are twisted, to open new tracks of enquiry, and make every idea engender millions.

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