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< Versailles
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ver·sant
(vûr
s
nt)
KEY
NOUN:
The slope of a side of a mountain or mountain range.
The general slope of a region.
ETYMOLOGY:
French, present participle of
verser
,
to turn
, from Old French, from Latin
vers
re
,
to turn frequently
; see
versatile
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