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Version (?), n. [F., from L. vertere, versum, to turn, to change, to translate. See Verse.]
1. A change of form, direction, or the like; transformation; conversion; turning.
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The version of air into water. Bacon.
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2. (Med.) A condition of the uterus in which its axis is deflected from its normal position without being bent upon itself. See Anteversion, and Retroversion.
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3. The act of translating, or rendering, from one language into another language.
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4. A translation; that which is rendered from another language; as, “the Common, or Authorized, Version of the Scriptures (see under Authorized); the Septuagint Version of the Old Testament”.
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5. An account or description from a particular point of view, especially as contrasted with another account; as, “he gave another version of the affair”.
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