diverse
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Definition
adj (English)
1. (nonstandard) Of a person: belonging to a minority group.Examples: "The Board's [i.e., Board of Governors'] goal is to commit to doubling the number of women and diverse members of the Academy by 2020."; "Here to comment is diverse Congresswoman from Ohio—please welcome representative Marcia Fudge."; "[Mike] Richards came under fierce criticism since he was formally hired to emcee the legendary quiz show, with some longtime fans saying they believed the producers should have selected a more diverse candidate for the job, such as the actor and presenter LeVar Burton."nonstandard
2. (obsolete)Examples: "This kyng Edward the .ii. father to the noble kyng Edward the .iii. had .ii. bretherñ⸝ the one called Marſhall⸝ who was ryght wyld ⁊ diuers of condicions⸝ the other called ſir Aymon erle of Cane right wyse⸝ amiable⸝ gẽtle [gentle] and wellbeloued with al people."; "[Y]ou that beſt ſhould teach vs, / Haue miſdemean'd your ſelfe, and not a little: / Tovvard the King firſt, then his Lavves, in filling / The vvhole Realme, by your teaching & your Chaplaines / (for ſo vve are inform'd) vvith nevv opinions, / Diuers and dangerous; vvhich are Hereſies; / And not reform'd, may proue pernicious."obsolete
3. (obsolete)obsolete
4. (obsolete)Examples: "So many pathes, ſo many turnings ſeene, / That vvhich of them to take, in diuerſe doubt they been."obsoleterare
adv (English)
1. (obsolete) Synonym of diversely (“in different directions”).Examples: "[The river in the Garden of Eden] novv divided into four main Streams, / Runs divers, vvandring many a famous Realme / And Country vvhereof here needs no account, […]"; "The Gourd, / And thirſty Cucumer, vvhen they perceive / Th' approaching Olive, vvith Reſentment fly / Her fatty Fibres, and vvith Tendrils creep / Diverſe, deteſting Contact; […]"; "To ſeize his papers, Curl, vvas next thy care; / His papers light, fly diverſe, toſt in air: […]"Synonyms: diverselyobsolete
verb (English)
1. (transitive) Synonym of diversify.Examples: "I Dyuerſe[,] I make difference⸝ Ie diuerſifie, prime coniu."; "In the Eocene, when the Old World and American mammal fauna were more nearly related, we have a hypothetical genus, Archipithecus, from which diversed a branch giving rise to the platyrhine apes, the families Cebidæ and Hapalidæ."; "Nature does have a way of altering and diversing wetlands, streams and portholes through a period of a long range of years."transitive
2. (transitive) Synonym of diversify.Examples: "The investors in the SPC [special purpose company] derive their return, and well as diversing their risk, from three factors."transitive
3. (intransitive, obsolete, rare) To go a different route or way from someone else; to diverge, to separate.Examples: "Then each to other vvell affectionate, / Friendſhip profeſſed vvith vnfained hart, / The Redcroſſe knight diuerſt, but forth rode Britomart."; "We regret that the gentleman diversed so widely from the subject before the committee."intransitiveobsoleterare
Definition source: Wiktionary