Category:Diverse

Di"verse, a. Etym: [The same word as divers. See Divers.]

1. Different; unlike; dissimilar; distinct; separate. The word. . . is used in a sense very diverse from its original import. J. Edwards. Our roads are diverse: farewell, love! said she. R. Browning.

2. Capable of various forms; multiform. Eloquence is a great and diverse thing. B. Jonson.

diverse Di*verse", adv.

Defn: In different directions; diversely.

diverse Di*verse", v. i.

Defn: To turn aside. [Obs.] The redcross knight diverst, but forth rode Britomart. Spenser.