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versō or vorsō āvī, ātus, āre, freq.

verto, to turn often, keep turning, handle, whirl about, turn over: Sisyphus versat Saxum, C. poët.: turdos in igni, H.: Ova non acrifavillā, O.: vinclorum volumina, V.: pollice fusum, O.: sortem urnā, shake, H.: ligonibus glaebas, break up, H.: desectum gramen, i. e. make hay, O.: currum in gramine, i. e. wheel about, V.: oves, pasture, V.: exemplaria Graeca, i. e. peruse, H.: versabat se in utramque partem, i. e. kept displaying hesitation: qui (orbes) versantur retro.—Prov.: satis diu iam hoc saxum vorso (alluding to Sisyphus), i. e. I have wasted time enough with this man, T.—In pass, to move about, dwell, live, remain, stay, abide, be: non ad solarium, non in campo versatus est: inter aciem, Cs.: intra vallum, Cs.: apud praefectos regis, N.—Fig., to turn, twist, bend, manage, direct: versare suam naturam et regere ad tempus: multis modis eadem: verba, i. e. to pervert: fors omnia versat, changes, V.: huc et illuc vos: se ad omnīs cogitationes, Cu.To upturn, discompose, disturb, vex, agitate: haerere homo, versari, to be disturbed: odiis domos, subvert, V.: domum, O.: sic fortuna utrumque versavit, ut, etc., i. e. treated each in turn, Cs.: in omnes partes muliebrem animum, L.To turn over, think over, reflect upon, revolve, consider, meditate: in animis secum unamquamque rem, L.: nefas in pectore, V.: versate diu, quid ferre recusent, Quid valeant umeri, H.Pass, to be, be circumstanced, be situated: nescis, quantis in malis vorser miser, T.: ergo illi nunc in pace versantur: in simili culpā, Cs.: mihi ante oculos dies noctīsque versaris: Mithridaticum bellum, in multā varietate versatum, waged with many vicissitudes: partes, in quibus irae libidinesque versentur.—To occupy oneself, be engaged, be busied, be employed: homo saepe in Caede versatus: qui in re p. versamur: multum in imperiis, N.: is missum ad dilectūs agendos Agricolam integreque ac strenue versatum praeposuit, etc., i. e. having fulfilled his mission honorably, etc., Ta.To be concerned, belong, depend, turn: haec omnia in eodem quo illa Zenonis errore versantur: dicendi omnis ratio in hominum more et sermone versatur.

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