<blockquote>Our roads are <b>diverse</b>: farewell, love! said she. <i>R. Browning.</i></blockquote>
<p><b>2.</b> <def>Capable of various forms; multiform.</def>
<blockquote>Eloquence is a great and <b>diverse</b> thing. <i>B. Jonson.</i></blockquote>
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<hw>Di*verse"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In different directions; diversely.</def>
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<hw>Di*verse"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To turn aside.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>
<blockquote>The redcross knight <b>diverst</b>, but forth rode Britomart. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>
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<hw>Di"verse*ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt>
<p><b>1.</b> <def>In different ways; differently; variously.</def> "<i>Diversely</i> interpreted."
<i>Bacon.</i>
<blockquote>How <b>diversely</b> love doth his pageants play. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>
<p><b>2.</b> <def>In different directions; to different points.</def>
<blockquote>On life's vast ocean <b>diversely</b> we sail. <i>Pope.</i></blockquote>
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<hw>Di*verse"ness</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality of being diverse.</def>
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<hw>Di*ver`si*fi`a*bil"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality or capacity of being diversifiable.</def>
<i>Earle.</i>
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<hw>Di*ver"si*fi`a*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Capable of being diversified or varied.</def>
<i>Boyle.</i>
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<hw>Di*ver`si*fi*ca"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Diversify</er>.]</ety>
<p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of making various, or of changing form or quality.</def>
<i>Boyle.</i>
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