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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[L.

universum

, from

universus

universal;

unus

one +

vertere

versum

, to turn, that is, turned into one, combined into one whole; cf. F.

univers

. See

, and

All created things viewed as constituting one system or whole; the whole body of things, or of phenomena; the

τὸ πᾶν

of the Greeks, the mundus of the Latins; the world; creation.

How may I
Adore thee, Author of this

universe

And all this good to man!

Milton.

Noun.

[L. universitas.]

The collective name of heaven and earth, and all that belongs to them; the whole system of created things.