Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.

Source : WordNet®

universe
     n 1: everything that exists anywhere; "they study the evolution
          of the universe"; "the biggest tree in existence" [syn:
          {existence}, {creation}, {world}, {cosmos}, {macrocosm}]
     2: (statistics) the entire aggregation of items from which
        samples can be drawn; "it is an estimate of the mean of
        the population" [syn: {population}]
     3: everything stated or assumed in a given discussion [syn: {universe
        of discourse}]