Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Versatile

Versatile , adjective

[Latin versatilis, from versare to turn around, v. freq. of vertere: compare French versatile. See Verse.]

1.
Capable of being turned round. — Harte
2.
Liable to be turned in opinion; changeable; variable; unsteady; inconstant; as, a versatile disposition.
3.
Turning with ease from one thing to another; readily applied to a new task, or to various subjects; many-sided; as, versatile genius; a versatile politician.
Conspicuous among the youths of high promise... was the quick and versatile [Charles] Montagu. — Macaulay
4.
(Nat. Hist.) Capable of turning; freely movable; as, a versatile anther, which is fixed at one point to the filament, and hence is very easily turned around; a versatile toe of a bird.