U"ni*verse (?), 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 το παν of the Greeks, the mundus of the Latins; the world; creation.
How may I
Adore thee, Author of this universe
And all this good to man!
Milton.
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