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Varying   /vˈɛriɪŋ/   Listen
Varying

adjective
1.
Marked by diversity or difference.  Synonym: variable.  "Nature is infinitely variable"


Vary

verb
(past & past part. varied; pres. part. varying)
1.
Become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence.  Synonyms: alter, change.  "The supermarket's selection of vegetables varies according to the season"
2.
Be at variance with; be out of line with.  Synonyms: depart, deviate, diverge.  Antonym: conform.
3.
Be subject to change in accordance with a variable.  "His moods vary depending on the weather"
4.
Make something more diverse and varied.  Synonyms: motley, variegate.



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... formerly ordered, and to present it with a chain of gold to the Count de Moustier, who is notified that this will be done by you. I formerly informed you that we proposed to (p. 121) vary the worth of the present by varying the size of the links of the chain, which are fixed at 365 in number. Let each in the present instance contain six livres worth of gold, and let it be made of plain wire, so that the value may be in the metal and not at all in the workmanship. ...
— The Medallic History of the United States of America 1776-1876 • J. F. Loubat
... makes no lucky hits; On mysteries the head runs: Small drink let Kepler[780] time his wits On the regular polyhedrons: He took to wine, and it changed the chime, His genius swept away, sir, Through area varying[781] as the time At the rate of a ...
— A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume I (of II) • Augustus De Morgan
... The reason for varying the lead, depending upon the presence of a reentry, is that the sole thought of the leader against a No-trump is to establish the suit led, and to insure so doing he opens his suit exclusively with that end in view, regardless ...
— Auction of To-day • Milton C. Work
... harmonies. Then from the focus of my inspiration I must let the melody stream forth in every direction; I pursue it, passionately overtake it again, see it escaping me a second time and disappearing in a host of varying emotions; soon I seize it with renewed ardor; I can no longer separate myself from it, but with impetuous rapture I must reproduce it in all modulations, and, in the final moment, I triumph over the musical idea—and that, you see, is a symphony! ...
— The German Classics of The Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Vol. VII. • Various
... hoof of the horse is simply a greatly enlarged and thickened nail: four of his five toes are reduced to mere vestiges. His teeth are built of substances of varying hardness: they wear away at different rates presenting uneven grinding surfaces. Probable descent of the horse, link by link, especially as traced in the fossils of North America. Evolution has taken a long time: how long the physicist and ...
— Little Masterpieces of Science: - The Naturalist as Interpreter and Seer • Various


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