Meaning of DIVERSE
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- [adj] distinctly dissimilar or unlike; "diverse parts of the country"; "celebrities as diverse as Bob Hope and Bob Dylan"; "animals as various as the jaguar and the cavy and the sloth"
- [adj] many and different; "tourist offices of divers nationalities"; "a person of diverse talents"
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Di"verse\ (?; 277), a. [The same word as divers. See
{Divers}.]
1. Different; unlike; dissimilar; distinct; separate.
The word . . . is used in a sense very diverse from
its original import. --J. Edwards.
Our roads are diverse: farewell, love! said she.
--R. Browning.
2. Capable of various forms; multiform.
Eloquence is a great and diverse thing. --B. Jonson.
\Di*verse"\, adv.
In different directions; diversely.
\Di*verse"\, v. i.
To turn aside. [Obs.]
The redcross knight diverst, but forth rode Britomart.
--Spenser.
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