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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. many and different;
- Example: "tourist offices of divers nationalities"
- Example: "a person of diverse talents"
[syn: divers(a), diverse]

2. distinctly dissimilar or unlike;
- Example: "celebrities as diverse as Bob Hope and Bob Dylan"
- Example: "animals as various as the jaguar and the cavy and the sloth"
[syn: diverse, various]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Diverse \Di*verse"\, adv.
   In different directions; diversely.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Diverse \Di*verse"\, v. i.
   To turn aside. [Obs.]
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         The redcross knight diverst, but forth rode Britomart.
                                                  --Spenser.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Diverse \Di"verse\ (?; 277), a. [The same word as divers. See
   Divers.]
   1. Different; unlike; dissimilar; distinct; separate.
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            The word . . . is used in a sense very diverse from
            its original import.                  --J. Edwards.
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            Our roads are diverse: farewell, love! said she.
                                                  --R. Browning.
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   2. Capable of various forms; multiform.
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            Eloquence is a great and diverse thing. --B. Jonson.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

diverse
    adj 1: many and different; "tourist offices of divers
           nationalities"; "a person of diverse talents" [syn:
           divers(a), diverse]
    2: distinctly dissimilar or unlike; "celebrities as diverse as
       Bob Hope and Bob Dylan"; "animals as various as the jaguar
       and the cavy and the sloth" [syn: diverse, various]