Version \Ver"sion\, 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.
The version of air into water. --Bacon.
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.
3. The act of translating, or rendering, from one language
into another language.
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.
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.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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