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In different ways; differently; variously. "Diversely interpreted." Bacon. How diversely love doth his pageants play. Spenser.

Capable of being diversified or varied. Boyle.

The act of making various, or of changing form or quality. Boyle.

Distinguished by various forms, or by a variety of aspects or objects; variegated; as, diversified scenery or landscape.

Of a different form; of varied forms.

To make diverse or various in form or quality; to give variety to; to variegate; to distinguish by numerous differences or aspects. Separated and diversified on from another. Locke. Its seven colors, that diversify all the face of nature. I. Taylor.

Multiplicity of difference; multiformity; variety. "Diversity of sounds." Shak. "Diversities of opinion." Secker.

To disunite in opinion or interest; to make discordant or hostile; to set at variance. If a kingdom be divided against itself, that kingdom can not stand. Mark iii. 24. Every family became now divided within itself. Prescott.

Disunion; difference in opinion or feeling; discord; variance; alienation. There was a division among the people. John vii. 43.

A period of from four to six weeks, in the summer, variously placed by almanac makers between the early part of July and the early part of September; canicular days; -- so called in reference to the rising in ancient times of the Dog Star (Sirius) with the sun. Popularly, the sultry, close part of the summer.…

nted projections resembling teeth; -- also called tooth ornament. Dogtooth spar (Min.), a variety of calcite, in acute crystals, resembling the tooth of a dog. See Calcite. -- Dogtooth violet (Bot.), a small, bulbous herb of the Lily family (genus Erythronium). It has two shining flat leaves and commonly one large flo…

Dryden. A fool and a doily stuff, would now and then find days of grace, and be worn for variety. Congreve.

in at the back, but on the face divided by a line in the middle, and either left blank or variously dotted after the manner of dice. The game is played by matching the spots or the blank of an unmatched half of a domino already played Hoyle.

A grayish variety of trachyte; -- so called from the Puy-de- Dôme in Auvergne, France, where it is found.

The Baltic or variable cod (Gadus callarias), by some believed to be the young of the common codfish.

t portion was published at Rheims, A. D. 1582, the Old Testament at Douai, A. D. 1609-10. Various revised editions have since been published. [Written also Doway Bible. Called also the Rheims and Douay version.]

An old term for a variation, as in Bach's Suites.

A monkey (Semnopithecus nemæus), remarkable for its varied and brilliant colors. It is a native of Cochin China.

A pigeon of the genus Columba and various related genera. The species are numerous.

powerful and ferocious. The dragons which appear in early paintings and sculptures are invariably representations of a winged crocodile. Fairholt.