Category:Various

Va"ri*ous, a. Etym: [l. varius. Cf. Vair.]

1. Different; diverse; several; manifold; as, men of various names; Various occupations; various colors. So many and so various laws are given. Milton. A wit as various, gay, grave, sage, or wild. Byron.

2. Changeable; uncertain; inconstant; variable. A man so various, that he seemed to be not one, but all mankind's Epitome. Dryden. The names of mixed modes. . . are very various. Locke.

3. Variegated; diversified; not monotonous. A happy rural seat of various view. Milton.