versatility

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

VERSATIL'ITY, noun 1. The quality of being versatile; aptness to change; readiness to be turned; variableness. 2. The faculty of easily turning one's mind to new tasks or subjects; as the versatility of genus.
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