Meaning of DIVERS
| Pronunciation: | | 'dIvurz
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 Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Di"vers\, a. [F. divers, L. diversus turned in different
directions, different, p. p. of divertere. See {Divert}, and
cf. {Diverse}.]
1. Different in kind or species; diverse. [Obs.]
Every sect of them hath a divers posture. --Bacon.
Thou shalt not sow thy vineyard with divers seeds.
--Deut. xxii.
9.
2. Several; sundry; various; more than one, but not a great
number; as, divers philosophers. Also used substantively
or pronominally.
Divers of Antonio's creditors. --Shak.
Note: Divers is now limited to the plural; as, divers ways
(not divers way). Besides plurality it ordinarily
implies variety of kind.
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