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Varying   /vˈɛriɪŋ/   Listen
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Vary  v. t.  (past & past part. varied; pres. part. varying)  
1.
To change the aspect of; to alter in form, appearance, substance, position, or the like; to make different by a partial change; to modify; as, to vary the properties, proportions, or nature of a thing; to vary a posture or an attitude; to vary one's dress or opinions. "Shall we vary our device at will, Even as new occasion appears?"
2.
To change to something else; to transmute; to exchange; to alternate. "Gods, that never change their state, Vary oft their love and hate." "We are to vary the customs according to the time and country where the scene of action lies."
3.
To make of different kinds; to make different from one another; to diversify; to variegate. "God hath varied their inclinations." "God hath here Varied his bounty so with new delights."
4.
(Mus.) To embellish; to change fancifully; to present under new aspects, as of form, key, measure, etc. See Variation, 4.


Vary  v. i.  
1.
To alter, or be altered, in any manner; to suffer a partial change; to become different; to be modified; as, colors vary in different lights. "That each from other differs, first confess; Next, that he varies from himself no less."
2.
To differ, or be different; to be unlike or diverse; as, the laws of France vary from those of England.
3.
To alter or change in succession; to alternate; as, one mathematical quantity varies inversely as another. "While fear and anger, with alternate grace, Pant in her breast, and vary in her face."
4.
To deviate; to depart; to swerve; followed by from; as, to vary from the law, or from reason.
5.
To disagree; to be at variance or in dissension; as, men vary in opinion. "The rich jewel which we vary for."


noun
Varying  n.  A. & n. from Vary.
Varying hare (Zool.), any hare or rabbit which becomes white in winter, especially the common hare of the Northern United States and Canada.





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... the ivory disks of various colors—which you see arranged upon the table as the pupils have left them—serve very successfully to elucidate the arithmetical processes of numeration, addition, and subtraction; and the more intelligent children are taught to observe that the disks of varying colors are varyingly numbered—white, 1; red, 5, and blue, 10—and so are encouraged to identify a concrete arbitrary figure with an ...
— Santa Fe's Partner - Being Some Memorials of Events in a New-Mexican Track-end Town • Thomas A. Janvier
... and should come from a heart ennobled and encircled by a Christ-possessing past. As in some great symphony the theme which was given out in low notes on one poor instrument recurs over and over again, embroidered with varying harmonies, and unfolding a richer music, till it swells into all the grandeur of the triumphant close, so our lives should be bound into a unity, and in their unity bound to Christ by the constant renewal of our early faith, and the fathers should ...
— Expositions of Holy Scripture: The Acts • Alexander Maclaren
... the purpose, a half pint being enough to smear a bushel of seed. The seeds are afterwards rolled in dry earth to prevent adhesion and trouble in planting. Traps, guns, and scarecrows are resorted to with varying success, but if the depredators are numerous, the planter is generally the ...
— The Peanut Plant - Its Cultivation And Uses • B. W. Jones
... Amongst varying fortunes and many indecisive actions, the defence of the position at Elands River stands out as an achievement only made possible by ...
— A Source Book Of Australian History • Compiled by Gwendolen H. Swinburne
... his professional relations with them, Monsieur Peloux had an extensive acquaintance among criminals of varying shades of intensity—at times, in his dubious doings, they could be useful to him—hidden away in the shadowy nooks and corners of the city; and he also had his emissaries through whom they could be reached. All the conditions thus standing attendant upon his convenience, ...
— Lords of the Housetops - Thirteen Cat Tales • Various


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