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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DIVERSE, a. [L.]
1. Different; differing.
Four great beasts came up from the sea, diverse one from another. Daniel 7.
2. Different from itself; various; multiform.
Eloquence is a diverse thing.
3. In different directions.
And with tendrils creep diverse.
DIVERSE, v.i. divers. To turn aside. [Not used.]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: many and different; "tourist offices of divers nationalities"; "a person of diverse talents" [syn: divers, diverse]
2: distinctly dissimilar or unlike; "celebrities as diverse as Bob Hope and Bob Dylan"; "animals as various as the jaguar and the cavy and the sloth" [syn: diverse, various]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Etymology: Middle English divers, diverse, from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French divers, from Latin diversus, from past participle of divertere Date: 14th century 1. differing from one another ; unlike <people with diverse interests> 2. composed of distinct or unlike elements or qualities <a diverse population> Synonyms: see different • diversely adverb • diverseness noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. unlike in nature or qualities; varied. Derivatives: diversely adv. Etymology: ME (as DIVERS)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Diverse 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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Diverse Di*verse", adv. In different directions; diversely.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Diverse Di*verse", v. i. To turn aside. [Obs.] The redcross knight diverst, but forth rode Britomart. --Spenser.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

1. If a group or range of things is diverse, it is made up of a wide variety of things. ...shops selling a diverse range of gifts... = varied ADJ 2. Diverse people or things are very different from each other. Jones has a much more diverse and perhaps younger audience. ADJ

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. Different, differing, unlike, varying, multiform, variant, dissimilar, disagreeing, divergent.

Moby Thesaurus

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