单词 | revary |
释义 | revaryv. rare. transitive. To alter or adapt again or in a different way; to make additional variations on. Also intransitive.Chiefly in collocation with vary. ΘΚΠ the world > time > change > changeableness > be changeable [verb (intransitive)] fleetc1374 reel1495 flight1568 brandle1606 flash1608 revarya1618 adjust1898 to bob and weave1975 a1618 J. Sylvester New-polished Spectacles in tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Diuine Weekes & Wks. (1621) 1186 Vary, re-vary; tune, and tune again..Thy One same Subject in a sundry Strain. 1835 E. A. Kendall Burford Cottage xiv. 192 The orbit of the moon, in its revolutions about the earth, varies and re-varies from a figure approaching to an oval or ellipsis, to a figure approaching a true circle. 1965 J. C. Hall Sources of Family Law 366 On the application of the mother it [sc. an affiliation order] may be varied or revaried so as to provide that payments should be made to her. 1989 M. Bateson Composing Life (1990) 2 Jamming in the back room, varying and revarying familiar phrases. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.a1618 |
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