VARIOUS

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3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
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Different; diverse; several; manifold; as, men of various names; various occupations; various colors. So many and so various laws are given. Milton. A wit as various, gay, grave, sage, or wild. Byron.

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Changeable; uncertain; inconstant; variable. A man so various, that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome. Dryden. The names of mixed modes . . . are very various. Locke.

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Variegated; diversified; not monotonous. A happy rural seat of various view. Milton.


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