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ver⋅sant

  [vur-suhnt]
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–noun
1. a slope of a mountain or mountain chain.
2. the general slope of a country or region.
Origin:
1850–55; < F, n. use of prp. of verser to turn < L versāre, freq. of vertere to turn; see verse, -ant
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ver·sant   (vûr'sənt)   
n.  

  1. The slope of a side of a mountain or mountain range.

  2. The general slope of a region.


[French, present participle of verser, to turn, from Old French, from Latin versāre, to turn frequently; see versatile.]
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