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Varying definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

VA'RYING, ppr. Altering; changing; deviating.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: marked by diversity or difference; "the varying angles of roof slope"; "nature is infinitely variable" [syn: varying, variable]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Varying Va"ry*ing, a. & n. from Vary. Varying hare (Zo["o]l.), any hare or rabbit which becomes white in winter, especially the common hare of the Northern United States and Canada.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Vary Va"ry, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Varied; p. pr. & vb. n. Varying.] [OE. varien, F. varier, L. variare, fr. varius various. See Various, and cf. Variate.] 1. To change the aspect of; to alter in form, appearance, substance, position, or the like; to make different by a partial change; to modify; as, to vary the properties, proportions, or nature of a thing; to vary a posture or an attitude; to vary one's dress or opinions. Shall we vary our device at will, Even as new occasion appears? --Spenser. 2. To change to something else; to transmute; to exchange; to alternate. Gods, that never change their state, Vary oft their love and hate. --Waller. We are to vary the customs according to the time and country where the scene of action lies. --Dryden. 3. To make of different kinds; to make different from one another; to diversity; to variegate. God hath varied their inclinations. --Sir T. Browne. God hath here Varied his bounty so with new delights. --Milton. 4. (Mus.) To embellish; to change fancifully; to present under new aspects, as of form, key, measure, etc. See Variation, 4.

Moby Thesaurus

assorted, at odds, at variance, capricious, changeable, changing, choppy, contrary, contrasted, contrasting, departing, deviating, deviative, deviatory, different, differentiated, differing, disaccordant, disagreeing, discordant, discrepant, discrete, discriminated, disjoined, disorderly, disparate, dissimilar, dissonant, distinct, distinguished, divaricate, divergent, diverging, divers, diverse, diversified, diversiform, erose, erratic, heterogeneous, impulsive, in disagreement, inaccordant, incompatible, incongruous, inconsistent, inconsonant, inconstant, inharmonious, irreconcilable, irregular, jagged, jerky, many, mercurial, motley, multifarious, mutable, nonconformist, nonstandard, nonuniform, pluralistic, poles apart, poles asunder, ragged, rough, separate, separated, several, spasmodic, sporadic, unconformable, unequable, unequal, uneven, unlike, unorthodox, unstable, unsteady, unsystematic, ununiform, variable, variant, varied, variegated, variform, various, wavering, widely apart, worlds apart