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Version in Webster's 1913 dictionary

The 1913 record labels version as noun. Its source-bounded etymology and selected historical definition appear below.

WEBSTER 1913noun
Version

[F., from L. vertere, versum, to turn, to change, to translate. See Verse.]

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Cross-verified 1913 record
Headwordversion
Part of speechnoun
Historical etymology[F., from L. vertere, versum, to turn, to change, to translate. See Verse.]
Selected historical definitionA change of form, direction, or the like; transformation; conversion; turning.
Signed record IDwebster1913-version-noun-a192beb1ab20
Source locatorCIDE.V, paragraph 1801; Gutenberg eBook 669
Edition-scoped answerNot earliest-attestation proofNot modern consensus
Independent historical textProject Gutenberg section 669Signed structural record sourceGNU GCIDE 0.54 archive
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In Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), "version" is labeled noun. Its etymology is recorded as: "[F., from L. vertere, versum, to turn, to change, to translate. See Verse.]" The selected historical definition says: "A change of form, direction, or the like; transformation; conversion; turning."

Project Gutenberg Webster 1913 plus signed GNU GCIDE 0.54 Exact cross-verified historical record reviewed 2026-10-04

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