See Also: Diverse(medicine)
diverse(1)(dictionary)
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diverse(dictionary)

diverse(2) (iou)



diverse adjective, pronoun, & adverb. ME.
[Var. of DIVERS, later infl. by adverse, perverse, etc.]
A. adjective.
Different in character or quality; not of the same kind; unlike in nature or qualities. (Foll. by from, to.) ME.
H. Arendt They were a mixture of diverse elements: men as far apart as Zola and Peguy.
= DIVERS adjective 3. ME-E18.
= DIVERS adjective 2. LME-L15.
Differing from itself in different circumstances, at different times, or in different parts; varied; changeful. M16.
B. Jowett The diverse and multiform nature of pleasure.
Distracting. rare (Spenser). Only in L16.
B. pronoun. = DIVERS pronoun. LME-E18.
C. adverb. Diversely. LME-E18.
diversely adverb ME.
diverseness noun (now rare) the quality or state of being diverse; diversity: LME.