† versityn.
Obsolete.
= varsity n.
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society > education > place of education > college or university > [noun] > university
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ninneversitya1592
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U1910
c1680 E. Hickeringill Hist. Whiggism i, in Wks. (1716) I. 37 M. Tantivee is a Graduate, and no small Fool, I assure you, he has been at the —— Versity.
1691 A. D'Anvers Academia 8 When e're he's sent to th' Versity.
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