diverseadj.

/dɪˈvəːs/

/dʌɪˈvəːs//ˈdʌɪvəs/

Etymology: In origin identical with divers adj.; but in later use probably more immediately associated with Latin dīversus (compare adverse, inverse, obverse, perverse, reverse). Hence, no longer (since c1700) used in the merely vague numerical sense of divers, but always distinctly associated with diversity.

a. Different in character or quality; not of the same kind; not alike in nature or qualities. (Formerly also written divers: see divers adj. 1.)

ΘΠ

the world > relative properties > relationship > difference > [adjective]

othereOE

otherkinseOE

unilicheOE

elseOE

otherways?c1225

diversc1250

diverse1297

unlikea1300

likelessa1325

sundrya1325

contrariousc1340

nothera1375

strangec1380

anothera1382

otherwisea1393

diversed1393

differenta1400

differing?c1400

deparayll1413

disparable1413

disparail1413

dissemblable1413

party?a1439

unlikeningc1450

indifferent1513

distinct1523

repugnant1528

far1531

heterogene?1541

discrepant1556

mislike1570

contrary1576

distincted1577

another-gainesa1586

dispar1587

another gate1594

dislike1596

unresembling1598

heterogeneana1601

anothergates1604

heterogeneal1605

unmatched1606

disparate1608

disparent?1611

differential1618

dissimilar1621

disparated1624

dissimilary1624

heterogeneous1624

unparallel1624

otherguess1632

anotherguise1635

incongenerous1646

anotherguess1650

otherguise1653

distant1654

unresemblant1655

distantial1656

allogeneous1666

distinguished1736

otherguised1768

unsimilar1768

insimilar1801

anotherkins1855

diff1861

distinctive1867

othergate1903

unalike1934

1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 657 Suþþe þoru diuerse tonge me clupeþ it seuerne.

a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1865) I. 25 Take hede of eyȝte dyuerse manere of accountynge of ȝeres.

c1430 J. Lydgate Horse, Goose & Sheep (Roxb.) 4 The thirde was white..The fourth diuerce of colours.

1592 W. West Symbolæogr.: 1st Pt. §50 H Wordes of diuerse or doubtfull significations.

1647 C. Cotterell & W. Aylesbury tr. E. C. Davila Hist. Civill Warres France ii. 61 From the diverse sense that men had of this proceeding.

1822 S. T. Coleridge Lett., Conversat., & Recoll. II. 83 The subjects of the Lectures are indeed very different, but not, in the strict sense of the term diverse: they are various rather than miscellaneous.

1841 T. R. Jones Gen. Outl. Animal Kingdom xxx. 633 With habits so diverse, we may well expect corresponding diversity in their forms.

1865 R. W. Dale Jewish Temple ix. 95 These diverse but not antagonistic spiritual forces.

b. Const. from (†to).

c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (Roxb.) xii. 54 Þaire clething also es diuerse fra oþer men.

a1568 R. Ascham Scholemaster (1570) ii. f. 66 A certaine outlandish kinde of talke, strange to them of Athens, and diuerse from their writing.

1570 Act 13 Eliz. c. 29 Any Name contrary or dyverse to the name of the now Chauncellor.

1611 Bible (King James) Esther iii. 8 Their lawes are diuerse from all people.

1754 J. Edwards Careful Enq. Freedom of Will i. iv. 25 Against, or diverse from present Acts of the Will.

1836 J. Gilbert Christian Atonem. i. 15 A procedure..very diverse from that which he has universally prescribed.

2. Differing from itself under different circumstances at different times, or in different parts; multiform, varied, diversified.

ΘΠ

the world > relative properties > relationship > variety > [adjective]

sunderlyeOE

manifoldeOE

selcoutha1000

felefoldc1000

mislichOE

alkinOE

manykinOE

fele-kync1175

serekina1300

sundera1325

sundrya1325

serea1340

divers1340

varyingc1340

variantc1380

muchfoldc1384

serelepesa1400

serelepya1400

multifaryc1460

sundryfoldc1460

multiplicate?a1475

variable?a1475

sundrilyc1480

diversea1542

particoloured1591

multifarious1593

Protean1594

daedal1596

choiceful1605

Daedalian1605

multiplex1606

variated1608

diversified1611

multiplicious1617

variousa1634

multivarious1636

mosaic1644

multiple1647

omnigenous1650

chequered1656

plurifarious1656

ununiform1660

variate1677

disuniform1687

Proteusian1689

unsteady1690

unequable1693

inequable1721

variegating1727

varied1733

multitudinous1744

multifold1806

polygeneous1818

unequalized1822

ruleless1836

varicoloured185.

non-uniform1856

omnigener1857

polytypic1858

multiferous1860

variatious1871

variegated1872

polytypical1890

a1542 T. Wyatt Coll. Poems (1969) civ. 63 And beryth with his sway the diuerse mone abowt.

1656 J. Smith Compl. Pract. Physick 11 An eschar..of a diverse colour like a rainbow.

1875 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) IV. 19 Enlarging on the diverse and multiform nature of pleasure.

†3. Different from, or opposed to what is right, good, or profitable: perverse, adverse. Obsolete.

ΘΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > [adjective]

woughc888

litherc893

frakeda900

sinnyc950

unrighteouseOE

baleOE

manOE

unfeleOE

ungoodc1000

unwrasta1122

illc1175

nithec1175

wickc1175

hinderfulc1200

quedec1275

wickedc1275

wondlichc1275

unkindc1325

badc1330

divers1340

wrakefula1350

felonousc1374

flagitiousc1384

lewdc1386

noughta1387

ungoodly1390

unquertc1390

diverse1393

felona1400

imperfectc1400

unfairc1400

unfinec1400

unblesseda1425

meschant?c1450

naughtyc1460

feculent1471

sinister1474

noughty?1490

ill-deedya1500

pernicious?1533

scelerous1534

naught1536

goodlyc1560

nefarious1567

iron1574

felly1583

paganish1587

improbate1596

malefactious1607

villain1607

infand1608

scelestious1609

illful1613

scelestic1628

inimicitious1641

infandous1645

iniquous1655

improbous1657

malefactory1667

perta1704

iniquitous1726

unracy1782

unredeemed1799

demoralized1800

fetid1805

scarlet1820

gammy1832

nefast1849

disvaluable1942

badass1955

bad-assed1962

society > morality > moral evil > [adjective]

unfairc888

missOE

ungoodc1000

quedec1275

wondlichc1275

badc1330

divers1340

quedeful1340

shrewdc1384

lewdc1386

ungoodly1390

diverse1393

noughta1400

imperfectc1400

noughtyc1400

unblesseda1425

sinister1474

naughty?a1500

podea1522

naught1536

pelsy1785

1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis III. 49 He found the see diverse With many a windy storm reverse.

1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis III. 295 Fortune..as I shall reherce..was to this lord diverse.

a1450 Knt. de la Tour (1868) 104 But kinge herode was diuerse, couettous, and right malicious.

1484 W. Caxton tr. G. de la Tour-Landry Bk. Knight of Tower (1971) lxvi. 96 An euylle, cruel, and dyuerse quene.

†4. Turning or impelling in different directions; diverting, distracting. (In Spenser.) Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > mental wandering > lack of concentration, distraction > [adjective]

sparpling1435

diverse1590

divertive1598

avocating1643

diverting1651

diversive1693

diversionary1846

1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. i. sig. A4^v In diuerse doubt they been.

1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. ii. sig. N8^v And into diuerse doubt his wauering wonder cloue.

†5. = divers adj. 3, with its varieties

a. and

ΘΠ

the world > relative properties > relationship > variety > [adjective] > various, sundry, or several

diverse1297

several1509

changeable1535

distributary?1541

varied1594

omnimodous1627

various1637

omnifarious1653

omnimode1656

variegated1662

allogeneous1892

1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (1724) 378 Þe kyng hem sende her & þer..To dyuerse men, to vynde hem mete.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) l. 1034 Foure stremes Passynge into dyuerse remes.

1530 Myroure Oure Ladye (Fawkes) (1873) ii. 209 How aungels and men desyred her [sc. the Virgin Mary's] byrthe for diuerse causes.

a1592 H. Smith Serm. (1637) 777 They thought that there were diverse Gods, as there were diverse Nations, diverse trades, diverse languages, diverse and sundry kinds of all things.

1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. 68/1 The double Daisies are of diverse Sorts.

b. Obsolete (rare in this spelling after 1700).

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > number > plurality > [adjective]

somec950

somea1122

sundryc1275

diverse1387

divers1393

diverse and sundry1484

plurala1538

various and sundry1652

several?1661

several-fold1833

pluralistic1837

1387–8 Petition London Mercers in R. W. Chambers & M. Daunt Bk. London Eng. (1931) 34 The forsaid Nichol..ayein the pees made dyuerse enarmynges bi day & eke bi nyght.

1428 Surtees Misc. (1890) 10 Wele knawen to diverses gude men of yis cite.

1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VI f. clxij The toune of Acques, in the whiche be diuerse hote bathes.

a1568 R. Ascham Scholemaster (1570) Pref. to Rdr. Diuerse Scholers of Eaton, be runne awaie from the Schole.

1716 J. Perry State of Russia (title page) Collected out of diuerse Authenticall Records.

1728 J. Morgan Compl. Hist. Algiers I. Pref. p. vi Towards the Close of this History particularly, and in diverse other Parts of it.

†c. absol. = divers adj. 3c. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > number > plurality > [noun] > more than one person or thing

sundry1399

diverse?c1450

divers1526

certain1532

severals1654

?c1450 Life St. Cuthbert (1891) l. 3638 He..had made diuerse hale and fere.

1559 W. Cuningham Cosmogr. Glasse 172 Many perticuler Regions as Englande..Denmarke, Greece, and diverse, unto the number..of 34.

1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 1309 With the losse of diuerse of his company.

1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning ii. sig. Ff2^v [It] hath beene excellently handled by diuerse .

1706 Hist. Picts (ESTC T142053) ix. 48 Diverse of our Historians attribute, this Victory to the valour of King Achaius.

†6. as adv. = diversely adv. Obsolete.

ΘΠ

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > [adverb] > in different directions

divers1595

diverse1708

diversely1733

the world > space > direction > [adverb] > in the opposite or reverse direction > from each other

divers1595

counter1601

diverse1708

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > [adverb] > away in different directions

divers1595

diverse1708

diversely1733

1708 J. Philips Cyder i The gourd And thirsty cucumber..with tendrils creep Diverse.

1729 A. Pope Dunciad (new ed.) ii. 106 His papers light, fly diverse, tost in air.

Compounds

Adverbial or parasynthetic, as diverse-coloured, diverse-natured, diverse-shaped, etc.

1551 Bible (Matthew's) Judges v. 30 (R.) Dyuerse coloured browdered work.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Antony & Cleopatra (1623) ii. ii. 210 Smiling Cupids, With diuers coulour'd Fannes.

1697 J. Sergeant Solid Philos. 11 Diverse-natured parts.

1875 W. McIlwraith Guide Wigtownshire 100 Diverse-shaped parterres.

Draft additions September 2021

Of a society, community, organization, etc.: including or involving people from a range of different social and ethnic backgrounds, and (more recently) different genders, sexual orientations, etc.Originally and frequently with modifying word indicating a particular focus, as in gender-diverse, racially diverse, etc.

1885 Congregationalist (Boston, Mass) 20 Aug. 277/3 If our people, racially diverse, or unified, shall but go forward steadily in sound education, in unity, and in piety, we shall be led..toward some divinely worthy consummation.

1955 Indian Educ. (Washington D.C.) 1 Nov. 21/1 [There are] different racial groups within the school and community... A child needs to have to get along with others in an increasingly diverse society such as ours.

1991 Police May 43/1 Located in a diverse, densely populated area of East Dallas, the storefront is a haven for people in need of food, clothing,..job referrals and housing mediation.

2002 Social Sci. Q. 83 504 When an appointment system is used, women are much more likely to be appointed to an all-male court than to a gender-diverse court.

2020 Impact News Service (Nexis) 6 July By creating a more diverse, gender balanced business landscape, we will be able to take Scotland into a new era of business growth.

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† diversev.

Forms: Also Middle English–1500s dyverse (1500s past tense diverst).

Etymology: < Old French diverse-r to change, vary, diversify: -medieval Latin dīversāre to turn, drive about, frequentative of dīvertĕre to divert v., or < dī- , dis- prefix 1a + versāre to turn about.

Obsolete.

1. transitive. To render diverse or different; to vary, change, diversify. (Also reflexive = intransitive.)

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > relationship > variety > make varied or diversify [verb (transitive)]

diverse1340

diversify1490

diversificate1604

varify1606

variegate1653

vary1697

1340 Ayenbite (1866) 124 Þise uour uirtues..mochel ham diuerseþ ine hire workes.

c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde iii. 1703 (1752) Þe world with feyth which þat is stable Dyverseth so his stoundes concordynge.

c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Deeds xv. 9 God..no thing dyuerside [L. discrevit] bitwixe vs and hem.

c1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. 331 For þis cause þou muste diuerse þi medicyns.

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 523/1 I dyverse, I make difference, je diversifie.

1662 Amyntas iv, in T. Randolph Poems (new ed.) The sentence now is past..It cannot be divers'd.

2. intransitive. To be or grow diverse, different, or varied; to vary, change, become diversified; to differ (from).

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > relationship > difference > be different [verb (intransitive)]

diversec1384

discorda1387

swervea1400

differ?c1400

varyc1400

differencec1425

square?c1450

abhor1531

repugna1538

dissent1539

recede1570

discrepate1590

ablude1610

decline1615

to stand offa1616

particularize1637

distinguish1649

deviate1692

to stand apart1709

veer1796

to be a long way from1917

c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) 1 Cor. xv. 41 A sterre diuersith from a sterre in clerenesse.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) l. 2262 Her tonges dyuersed fro þat day.

c1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. 233.

c1460 J. Fortescue Governance of Eng. (1885) i. 109 Ther bith ij kyndes off kyngdomes..thai diuersen in that the first kynge mey [etc.]..The secounde kynge may not rule his peple by other lawes than such as thai assenten unto.

3. intransitive. To turn aside, diverge, be diverted. rare.

ΚΠ

1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene iii. iii. sig. Ee7 The Redcrosse knight diuerst, but forth rode Britomart.

Derivatives

diˈversed adj. diversified, different.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > relationship > difference > [adjective]

othereOE

otherkinseOE

unilicheOE

elseOE

otherways?c1225

diversc1250

diverse1297

unlikea1300

likelessa1325

sundrya1325

contrariousc1340

nothera1375

strangec1380

anothera1382

otherwisea1393

diversed1393

differenta1400

differing?c1400

deparayll1413

disparable1413

disparail1413

dissemblable1413

party?a1439

unlikeningc1450

indifferent1513

distinct1523

repugnant1528

far1531

heterogene?1541

discrepant1556

mislike1570

contrary1576

distincted1577

another-gainesa1586

dispar1587

another gate1594

dislike1596

unresembling1598

heterogeneana1601

anothergates1604

heterogeneal1605

unmatched1606

disparate1608

disparent?1611

differential1618

dissimilar1621

disparated1624

dissimilary1624

heterogeneous1624

unparallel1624

otherguess1632

anotherguise1635

incongenerous1646

anotherguess1650

otherguise1653

distant1654

unresemblant1655

distantial1656

allogeneous1666

distinguished1736

otherguised1768

unsimilar1768

insimilar1801

anotherkins1855

diff1861

distinctive1867

othergate1903

unalike1934

1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. Prol. 3 Men se the world..In sondry wyse so diversed.

c1420 Pallad. on Husb. i. 784 Dyversed wittes dyversely devyse.

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单词	diverse
释义	diverseadj. /dɪˈvəːs//dʌɪˈvəːs//ˈdʌɪvəs/ Etymology: In origin identical with divers adj.; but in later use probably more immediately associated with Latin dīversus (compare adverse, inverse, obverse, perverse, reverse). Hence, no longer (since c1700) used in the merely vague numerical sense of divers, but always distinctly associated with diversity. 1. a. Different in character or quality; not of the same kind; not alike in nature or qualities. (Formerly also written divers: see divers adj. 1.) ΘΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > difference > [adjective] othereOE otherkinseOE unilicheOE elseOE otherways?c1225 diversc1250 diverse1297 unlikea1300 likelessa1325 sundrya1325 contrariousc1340 nothera1375 strangec1380 anothera1382 otherwisea1393 diversed1393 differenta1400 differing?c1400 deparayll1413 disparable1413 disparail1413 dissemblable1413 party?a1439 unlikeningc1450 indifferent1513 distinct1523 repugnant1528 far1531 heterogene?1541 discrepant1556 mislike1570 contrary1576 distincted1577 another-gainesa1586 dispar1587 another gate1594 dislike1596 unresembling1598 heterogeneana1601 anothergates1604 heterogeneal1605 unmatched1606 disparate1608 disparent?1611 differential1618 dissimilar1621 disparated1624 dissimilary1624 heterogeneous1624 unparallel1624 otherguess1632 anotherguise1635 incongenerous1646 anotherguess1650 otherguise1653 distant1654 unresemblant1655 distantial1656 allogeneous1666 distinguished1736 otherguised1768 unsimilar1768 insimilar1801 anotherkins1855 diff1861 distinctive1867 othergate1903 unalike1934 1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 657 Suþþe þoru diuerse tonge me clupeþ it seuerne. a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1865) I. 25 Take hede of eyȝte dyuerse manere of accountynge of ȝeres. c1430 J. Lydgate Horse, Goose & Sheep (Roxb.) 4 The thirde was white..The fourth diuerce of colours. 1592 W. West Symbolæogr.: 1st Pt. §50 H Wordes of diuerse or doubtfull significations. 1647 C. Cotterell & W. Aylesbury tr. E. C. Davila Hist. Civill Warres France ii. 61 From the diverse sense that men had of this proceeding. 1822 S. T. Coleridge Lett., Conversat., & Recoll. II. 83 The subjects of the Lectures are indeed very different, but not, in the strict sense of the term diverse: they are various rather than miscellaneous. 1841 T. R. Jones Gen. Outl. Animal Kingdom xxx. 633 With habits so diverse, we may well expect corresponding diversity in their forms. 1865 R. W. Dale Jewish Temple ix. 95 These diverse but not antagonistic spiritual forces. b. Const. from (†to). Π c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (Roxb.) xii. 54 Þaire clething also es diuerse fra oþer men. a1568 R. Ascham Scholemaster (1570) ii. f. 66 A certaine outlandish kinde of talke, strange to them of Athens, and diuerse from their writing. 1570 Act 13 Eliz. c. 29 Any Name contrary or dyverse to the name of the now Chauncellor. 1611 Bible (King James) Esther iii. 8 Their lawes are diuerse from all people. View more context for this quotation 1754 J. Edwards Careful Enq. Freedom of Will i. iv. 25 Against, or diverse from present Acts of the Will. 1836 J. Gilbert Christian Atonem. i. 15 A procedure..very diverse from that which he has universally prescribed. 2. Differing from itself under different circumstances at different times, or in different parts; multiform, varied, diversified. ΘΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > variety > [adjective] sunderlyeOE manifoldeOE selcoutha1000 felefoldc1000 mislichOE alkinOE manykinOE fele-kync1175 serekina1300 sundera1325 sundrya1325 serea1340 divers1340 varyingc1340 variantc1380 muchfoldc1384 serelepesa1400 serelepya1400 multifaryc1460 sundryfoldc1460 multiplicate?a1475 variable?a1475 sundrilyc1480 diversea1542 particoloured1591 multifarious1593 Protean1594 daedal1596 choiceful1605 Daedalian1605 multiplex1606 variated1608 diversified1611 multiplicious1617 variousa1634 multivarious1636 mosaic1644 multiple1647 omnigenous1650 chequered1656 plurifarious1656 ununiform1660 variate1677 disuniform1687 Proteusian1689 unsteady1690 unequable1693 inequable1721 variegating1727 varied1733 multitudinous1744 multifold1806 polygeneous1818 unequalized1822 ruleless1836 varicoloured185. non-uniform1856 omnigener1857 polytypic1858 multiferous1860 variatious1871 variegated1872 polytypical1890 a1542 T. Wyatt Coll. Poems (1969) civ. 63 And beryth with his sway the diuerse mone abowt. 1656 J. Smith Compl. Pract. Physick 11 An eschar..of a diverse colour like a rainbow. 1875 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) IV. 19 Enlarging on the diverse and multiform nature of pleasure. †3. Different from, or opposed to what is right, good, or profitable: perverse, adverse. Obsolete. ΘΠ the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > [adjective] woughc888 litherc893 frakeda900 sinnyc950 unrighteouseOE baleOE manOE unfeleOE ungoodc1000 unwrasta1122 illc1175 nithec1175 wickc1175 hinderfulc1200 quedec1275 wickedc1275 wondlichc1275 unkindc1325 badc1330 divers1340 wrakefula1350 felonousc1374 flagitiousc1384 lewdc1386 noughta1387 ungoodly1390 unquertc1390 diverse1393 felona1400 imperfectc1400 unfairc1400 unfinec1400 unblesseda1425 meschant?c1450 naughtyc1460 feculent1471 sinister1474 noughty?1490 ill-deedya1500 pernicious?1533 scelerous1534 naught1536 goodlyc1560 nefarious1567 iron1574 felly1583 paganish1587 improbate1596 malefactious1607 villain1607 infand1608 scelestious1609 illful1613 scelestic1628 inimicitious1641 infandous1645 iniquous1655 improbous1657 malefactory1667 perta1704 iniquitous1726 unracy1782 unredeemed1799 demoralized1800 fetid1805 scarlet1820 gammy1832 nefast1849 disvaluable1942 badass1955 bad-assed1962 society > morality > moral evil > [adjective] unfairc888 missOE ungoodc1000 quedec1275 wondlichc1275 badc1330 divers1340 quedeful1340 shrewdc1384 lewdc1386 ungoodly1390 diverse1393 noughta1400 imperfectc1400 noughtyc1400 unblesseda1425 sinister1474 naughty?a1500 podea1522 naught1536 pelsy1785 1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis III. 49 He found the see diverse With many a windy storm reverse. 1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis III. 295 Fortune..as I shall reherce..was to this lord diverse. a1450 Knt. de la Tour (1868) 104 But kinge herode was diuerse, couettous, and right malicious. 1484 W. Caxton tr. G. de la Tour-Landry Bk. Knight of Tower (1971) lxvi. 96 An euylle, cruel, and dyuerse quene. †4. Turning or impelling in different directions; diverting, distracting. (In Spenser.) Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > mental wandering > lack of concentration, distraction > [adjective] sparpling1435 diverse1590 divertive1598 avocating1643 diverting1651 diversive1693 diversionary1846 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. i. sig. A4^v In diuerse doubt they been. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. ii. sig. N8^v And into diuerse doubt his wauering wonder cloue. †5. = divers adj. 3, with its varieties a. and ΘΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > variety > [adjective] > various, sundry, or several diverse1297 several1509 changeable1535 distributary?1541 varied1594 omnimodous1627 various1637 omnifarious1653 omnimode1656 variegated1662 allogeneous1892 1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (1724) 378 Þe kyng hem sende her & þer..To dyuerse men, to vynde hem mete. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) l. 1034 Foure stremes Passynge into dyuerse remes. 1530 Myroure Oure Ladye (Fawkes) (1873) ii. 209 How aungels and men desyred her [sc. the Virgin Mary's] byrthe for diuerse causes. a1592 H. Smith Serm. (1637) 777 They thought that there were diverse Gods, as there were diverse Nations, diverse trades, diverse languages, diverse and sundry kinds of all things. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. 68/1 The double Daisies are of diverse Sorts. b. Obsolete (rare in this spelling after 1700). ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > plurality > [adjective] somec950 somea1122 sundryc1275 diverse1387 divers1393 diverse and sundry1484 plurala1538 various and sundry1652 several?1661 several-fold1833 pluralistic1837 1387–8 Petition London Mercers in R. W. Chambers & M. Daunt Bk. London Eng. (1931) 34 The forsaid Nichol..ayein the pees made dyuerse enarmynges bi day & eke bi nyght. 1428 Surtees Misc. (1890) 10 Wele knawen to diverses gude men of yis cite. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VI f. clxij The toune of Acques, in the whiche be diuerse hote bathes. a1568 R. Ascham Scholemaster (1570) Pref. to Rdr. Diuerse Scholers of Eaton, be runne awaie from the Schole. 1716 J. Perry State of Russia (title page) Collected out of diuerse Authenticall Records. 1728 J. Morgan Compl. Hist. Algiers I. Pref. p. vi Towards the Close of this History particularly, and in diverse other Parts of it. †c. absol. = divers adj. 3c. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > plurality > [noun] > more than one person or thing sundry1399 diverse?c1450 divers1526 certain1532 severals1654 ?c1450 Life St. Cuthbert (1891) l. 3638 He..had made diuerse hale and fere. 1559 W. Cuningham Cosmogr. Glasse 172 Many perticuler Regions as Englande..Denmarke, Greece, and diverse, unto the number..of 34. 1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 1309 With the losse of diuerse of his company. 1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning ii. sig. Ff2^v [It] hath beene excellently handled by diuerse . View more context for this quotation 1706 Hist. Picts (ESTC T142053) ix. 48 Diverse of our Historians attribute, this Victory to the valour of King Achaius. †6. as adv. = diversely adv. Obsolete. ΘΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > [adverb] > in different directions divers1595 diverse1708 diversely1733 the world > space > direction > [adverb] > in the opposite or reverse direction > from each other divers1595 counter1601 diverse1708 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > [adverb] > away in different directions divers1595 diverse1708 diversely1733 1708 J. Philips Cyder i The gourd And thirsty cucumber..with tendrils creep Diverse. 1729 A. Pope Dunciad (new ed.) ii. 106 His papers light, fly diverse, tost in air. Compounds Adverbial or parasynthetic, as diverse-coloured, diverse-natured, diverse-shaped, etc. Π 1551 Bible (Matthew's) Judges v. 30 (R.) Dyuerse coloured browdered work. a1616 W. Shakespeare Antony & Cleopatra (1623) ii. ii. 210 Smiling Cupids, With diuers coulour'd Fannes. View more context for this quotation 1697 J. Sergeant Solid Philos. 11 Diverse-natured parts. 1875 W. McIlwraith Guide Wigtownshire 100 Diverse-shaped parterres. Draft additions September 2021 Of a society, community, organization, etc.: including or involving people from a range of different social and ethnic backgrounds, and (more recently) different genders, sexual orientations, etc.Originally and frequently with modifying word indicating a particular focus, as in gender-diverse, racially diverse, etc. Π 1885 Congregationalist (Boston, Mass) 20 Aug. 277/3 If our people, racially diverse, or unified, shall but go forward steadily in sound education, in unity, and in piety, we shall be led..toward some divinely worthy consummation. 1955 Indian Educ. (Washington D.C.) 1 Nov. 21/1 [There are] different racial groups within the school and community... A child needs to have to get along with others in an increasingly diverse society such as ours. 1991 Police May 43/1 Located in a diverse, densely populated area of East Dallas, the storefront is a haven for people in need of food, clothing,..job referrals and housing mediation. 2002 Social Sci. Q. 83 504 When an appointment system is used, women are much more likely to be appointed to an all-male court than to a gender-diverse court. 2020 Impact News Service (Nexis) 6 July By creating a more diverse, gender balanced business landscape, we will be able to take Scotland into a new era of business growth. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online September 2021). † diversev. Forms: Also Middle English–1500s dyverse (1500s past tense diverst). Etymology: < Old French diverse-r to change, vary, diversify: -medieval Latin dīversāre to turn, drive about, frequentative of dīvertĕre to divert v., or < dī- , dis- prefix 1a + versāre to turn about. Obsolete. 1. transitive. To render diverse or different; to vary, change, diversify. (Also reflexive = intransitive.) ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > variety > make varied or diversify [verb (transitive)] diverse1340 diversify1490 diversificate1604 varify1606 variegate1653 vary1697 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 124 Þise uour uirtues..mochel ham diuerseþ ine hire workes. c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde iii. 1703 (1752) Þe world with feyth which þat is stable Dyverseth so his stoundes concordynge. c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Deeds xv. 9 God..no thing dyuerside [L. discrevit] bitwixe vs and hem. c1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. 331 For þis cause þou muste diuerse þi medicyns. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 523/1 I dyverse, I make difference, je diversifie. 1662 Amyntas iv, in T. Randolph Poems (new ed.) The sentence now is past..It cannot be divers'd. 2. intransitive. To be or grow diverse, different, or varied; to vary, change, become diversified; to differ (from). ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > difference > be different [verb (intransitive)] diversec1384 discorda1387 swervea1400 differ?c1400 varyc1400 differencec1425 square?c1450 abhor1531 repugna1538 dissent1539 recede1570 discrepate1590 ablude1610 decline1615 to stand offa1616 particularize1637 distinguish1649 deviate1692 to stand apart1709 veer1796 to be a long way from1917 c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) 1 Cor. xv. 41 A sterre diuersith from a sterre in clerenesse. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) l. 2262 Her tonges dyuersed fro þat day. c1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. 233. c1460 J. Fortescue Governance of Eng. (1885) i. 109 Ther bith ij kyndes off kyngdomes..thai diuersen in that the first kynge mey [etc.]..The secounde kynge may not rule his peple by other lawes than such as thai assenten unto. 3. intransitive. To turn aside, diverge, be diverted. rare. ΚΠ 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene iii. iii. sig. Ee7 The Redcrosse knight diuerst, but forth rode Britomart. Derivatives diˈversed adj. diversified, different. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > difference > [adjective] othereOE otherkinseOE unilicheOE elseOE otherways?c1225 diversc1250 diverse1297 unlikea1300 likelessa1325 sundrya1325 contrariousc1340 nothera1375 strangec1380 anothera1382 otherwisea1393 diversed1393 differenta1400 differing?c1400 deparayll1413 disparable1413 disparail1413 dissemblable1413 party?a1439 unlikeningc1450 indifferent1513 distinct1523 repugnant1528 far1531 heterogene?1541 discrepant1556 mislike1570 contrary1576 distincted1577 another-gainesa1586 dispar1587 another gate1594 dislike1596 unresembling1598 heterogeneana1601 anothergates1604 heterogeneal1605 unmatched1606 disparate1608 disparent?1611 differential1618 dissimilar1621 disparated1624 dissimilary1624 heterogeneous1624 unparallel1624 otherguess1632 anotherguise1635 incongenerous1646 anotherguess1650 otherguise1653 distant1654 unresemblant1655 distantial1656 allogeneous1666 distinguished1736 otherguised1768 unsimilar1768 insimilar1801 anotherkins1855 diff1861 distinctive1867 othergate1903 unalike1934 1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. Prol. 3 Men se the world..In sondry wyse so diversed. c1420 Pallad. on Husb. i. 784 Dyversed wittes dyversely devyse. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < adj.1297v.1340
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