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Various adj.

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

Changeable; uncertain; inconstant; variable. "A man so various, that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome." "The names of mixed modes... are very various."

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

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Etymology of 'Various'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Various" Quotes from Famous Books

... earth's atmosphere. Amid the plumed and sceptred ones Irradiatingly Jovian, The mountain tower capped by the floating cloud; A nursery screamer where dialectics ruled: Mannerless, graceless, laughterless, unlike Herself in all, yet with such power to strike, That she the various features she could scan Dared not to sum, though seeing: and befooled By power which beamed omnipotent, she bowed, Subservient as roused echo round his guns. Invulnerable Prince of Myrmidons, He sparkled, by no ...

— The Shaving of Shagpat • George Meredith

... various national offices. He was Speaker of the House of Representatives for many years, was four years Secretary of State, and during much more than half of the time between 1831 and 1852 he was in the United States Senate. Three times he was a candidate ...

— Stories of Later American History • Wilbur F. Gordy

... abduction of Guinevere by Meleagraunce, the son of King Bagdemagus; of the inability of all knights but Lancelot (who has been absent from Court in one of the lovers' quarrels) to rescue her; and of his undertaking the task, though hampered in various ways, one of the earliest of which compelled him to ride in a cart—a thing regarded, by one of the odd[24] conventions of chivalry, as disgraceful to a knight. Meleagraunce, though no coward, is treacherous and "felon," and all sorts of mishaps ...

— A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1 - From the Beginning to 1800 • George Saintsbury

... one over on First Avenue, on the way I usually take when I go home. It begins at a hydrant, which I suspect has had something to do in more than one way with its beginning, and runs down fully half a block. If some of my dignified associates on various committees of sobriety beyond reproach could see me "take it" not once, but two or three times, with a ragged urchin clinging to each of the skirts of my coat, I am afraid—I am afraid I might lose caste, to put it mildly. ...

— Children of the Tenements • Jacob A. Riis

... began printing my own manuscript, there is quite an eager demand for my writing, so I do a little of Class B for various publishers ...

— Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Vol. 1 of 14 - Little Journeys to the Homes of Good Men and Great • Elbert Hubbard

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