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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Varying \Va"ry*ing\,
a. & n. from {Vary}.
{Varying hare} (Zo["o]l.), any hare or rabbit which becomes
white in winter, especially the common hare of the
Northern United States and Canada.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vary \Va"ry\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Varied}; p. pr & vb n.
{Varying}.] [OE. varien, F. varier, L. variare, fr varius
various. See {Various}, and cf {Variate}.]
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? --Spenser.
2. To change to something else; to transmute; to exchange; to
alternate.
Gods, that never change their state, Vary oft their
love and hate. --Waller.
We are to vary the customs according to the time and
country where the scene of action lies. --Dryden.
3. To make of different kinds; to make different from one
another; to diversity; to variegate.
God hath varied their inclinations. --Sir T.
Browne.
God hath here Varied his bounty so with new
delights. --Milton.
4. (Mus.) To embellish; to change fancifully; to present
under new aspects, as of form key, measure, etc See
{Variation}, 4.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
varying
adj : marked by diversity or difference; "the varying angles of
roof slope"; "nature is infinitely variable" [syn: {variable}]
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