VARY
\vˈe͡əɹi], \vˈeəɹi], \v_ˈeə_ɹ_i]\
Definitions of VARY
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
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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.
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To change to something else; to transmute; to exchange; to alternate.
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To make of different kinds; to make different from one another; to diversity; to variegate.
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To embellish; to change fancifully; to present under new aspects, as of form, key, measure, etc. See Variation, 4.
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To alter, or be altered, in any manner; to suffer a partial change; to become different; to be modified; as, colors vary in different lights.
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To differ, or be different; to be unlike or diverse; as, the laws of France vary from those of England.
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To alter or change in succession; to alternate; as, one mathematical quantity varies inversely as another.
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To disagree; to be at variance or in dissension; as, men vary in opinion.
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Alteration; change.
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To deviate; to depart; to swerve; - followed by from; as, to vary from the law, or from reason.
By Oddity Software
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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.
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To change to something else; to transmute; to exchange; to alternate.
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To make of different kinds; to make different from one another; to diversity; to variegate.
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To embellish; to change fancifully; to present under new aspects, as of form, key, measure, etc. See Variation, 4.
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To alter, or be altered, in any manner; to suffer a partial change; to become different; to be modified; as, colors vary in different lights.
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To differ, or be different; to be unlike or diverse; as, the laws of France vary from those of England.
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To alter or change in succession; to alternate; as, one mathematical quantity varies inversely as another.
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To disagree; to be at variance or in dissension; as, men vary in opinion.
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Alteration; change.
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To deviate; to depart; to swerve; - followed by from; as, to vary from the law, or from reason.
By Noah Webster.
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To alter or change in appearance, shape, substance, etc.; to make unlike one another; in music, to adorn with variations; to relieve by changing.
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To alter or change; to undergo a change; to differ; to depart from a rule or course.
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Varying.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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To make different: to alter: to change to something else: to make of different kinds.
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To alter or be altered: to be or become different: to change in succession: to deviate (with from): to disagree:-pa.t. and pa.p. varied.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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To alter in form, appearance, substance, or position; to change to something else; to make of different kinds; to diversify; to variegate.
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To alter or be altered in any manner; to differ; to become different; to deviate; to change in succession; to disagree; to be at variance.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
