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† ˈvarify, v. Obs.
[f. L. vari-, stem of varius various a.: see -fy.]
trans. To make varied; to vary; to variegate.
1606Sylvester Du Bartas ii. iv. Magnificence 661 May..Suiting the Lawns in all her pomp and pride Of lively Colours, lovely varifi'd. 1631J. Burges Answ. Rejoined 88 So as the same Law might ever remaine firme, and vn⁓broken, when occasions should varifie and change particularities. 1680–90Temple Ess., Gardening Wks. 1720 I. 183 All the rest are either varified by Names, or not to be named with these, nor worth troubling a Garden. 1741E. Poston Pratler (1747) I. 113 You don't know what great Use a little Latin and Greek would now be of: You can't imagin the Credit and Reputation that there is in a Line, or even a Word or two, of it:..Besides, it varifies it, and makes it naturally the fitter for Entertainment. |