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[syn: divers(a), diverse]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Divers \Di"vers\, a. [F. divers, L. diversus turned in different
directions, different, p. p. of divertere. See Divert, and
cf. Diverse.]
1. Different in kind or species; diverse. [Obs.]
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Every sect of them hath a divers posture. --Bacon.
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Thou shalt not sow thy vineyard with divers seeds.
--Deut. xxii.
9.
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2. Several; sundry; various; more than one, but not a great
number; as, divers philosophers. Also used substantively
or pronominally.
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Divers of Antonio's creditors. --Shak.
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Note: Divers is now limited to the plural; as, divers ways
(not divers way). Besides plurality it ordinarily
implies variety of kind.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
divers
adj 1: many and different; "tourist offices of divers
nationalities"; "a person of diverse talents" [syn:
divers(a), diverse]