Dictionary entry

Universe

Webster's Dictionary 1913

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 � � 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.