Universe
(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. University
(U`ni*ver"si*ty) n.; pl. Universities [OE. universite, L. universitas all together, the whole,
the universe, a number of persons associated into one body, a society, corporation, fr. universus all
together, universal: cf. F. université. See Universe.]
1. The universe; the whole. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.
2. An association, society, guild, or corporation, esp. one capable of having and acquiring property.
[Obs.]
The universities, or corporate bodies, at Rome were very numerous. There were corporations of bakers,
farmers of the revenue, scribes, and others.
Eng. Cyc. 3. An institution organized and incorporated for the purpose of imparting instruction, examining students,
and otherwise promoting education in the higher branches of literature, science, art, etc., empowered to
confer degrees in the several arts and faculties, as in theology, law, medicine, music, etc. A university
may exist without having any college connected with it, or it may consist of but one college, or it may
comprise an assemblage of colleges established in any place, with professors for instructing students in
the sciences and other branches of learning.
The present universities of Europe were, originally, the greater part of them, ecclesiastical corporations,
instituted for the education of churchmen . . . What was taught in the greater part of those universities
was suitable to the end of their institutions, either theology or something that was merely preparatory to
theology.
A. Smith. From the Roman words universitas, collegium, corpus, are derived the terms university, college,
and corporation, of modern languages; and though these words have obtained modified significations
in modern times, so as to be indifferently applicable to the same things, they all agree in retaining the
fundamental signification of the terms, whatever may have been added to them. There is now no university,
college, or corporation, which is not a juristical person in the sense above explained [see def. 2, above]; wherever
these words are applied to any association of persons not stamped with this mark, it is an abuse of
terms. Eng. Cyc.
Universological
(U`ni*ver`so*log"ic*al) a. Of or pertaining to universology.
Universologist
(U`ni*ver*sol"o*gist) n. One who is versed in universology.
Universology
(U`ni*ver*sol"o*gy) n. [Universe + -logy.] The science of the universe, and the relations
which it involves.
Univocacy
(U*niv"o*ca*cy) n. The quality or state of being univocal. [R.] Sir T. Browne.
Univocal
(U*niv"o*cal) a. [L. univocus; unus one + vox, vocis, a voice, word. See One, and Voice.]
1. Having one meaning only; — contrasted with equivocal.
2. Having unison of sound, as the octave in music. See Unison, n., 2.
3. Having always the same drift or tenor; uniform; certain; regular. [R.] Sir T. Browne.
