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versant

[ vur-suhnt ]

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noun

versant

/ ˈvɜːsənt /

Origin of versant¹

1850–55; < French, noun use of present participle of verser to turn < Latin versāre, frequentative of vertere to turn; verse, -ant

Origin of versant¹

C19: from French, from verser to turn, from Latin versāre

He was a native of Fife, and in early life became versant in occult science.

Most of the rivers of the northern versant are comparatively small, as the island narrows into a kind of promontory.

The Kayan or Bulungan river is the only other in the eastern versant that calls for mention.

The one Costa Rican locality of record also is in the Caribbean versant.

Ingentes animos angusto in corpore versant—They have mighty souls at work within a stinted body.

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