Emily Dickinson Lexicon

U-NI-VERS'AL, a. [L. universalis; unus and versor.]

1. All; extending to or comprehending the whole number, quantity or space; as, universal ruin; universal good; universal benevolence. The universal cause, Acts not by partial, but by general laws. Pope.
2. Total; whole. From harmony, from heav'nly harmony, This universal frame began. Dryden.
3. Comprising all the particulars; as, universal kinds. Davies.
4. In botany, a universal umbel, is a primary or general umbel; the first or largest set of rays in a compound umbel; opposed to partial. A universal invalucre is not unfrequently placed at the foot of a universal umbel. Martyn. Universal instrument, is one which measures all kinds of distances, lengths, &c.; as the pantometer or holometer. Cyc. Universal dial, is a dial by which the hour may be found by the sun in any part of the world, or under any elevation of the pole. Universal proposition. [See the Noun.] Cyc.