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   Universe , n. [L. universum, from universus universal; unus one + vertere, versum, to turn, that is, turned into one, combined into one whole; cf. F. univers. See One, and Verse.] 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.
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   How may I
   Adore thee, Author of this universe
   And all this good to man!
   Milton.
   
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