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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Divers \Di"vers\, a. [F. divers, L. diversus turned in different directions, different, p. p. of divertere. See {Divert}, and cf {Diverse}.] 1. Different in kind or species; diverse. [Obs.] Every sect of them hath a divers posture. --Bacon. Thou shalt not sow thy vineyard with divers seeds. --Deut. xxii. 9. 2. Several; sundry; various; more than one but not a great number; as divers philosophers. Also used substantively or pronominally. Divers of Antonio's creditors. --Shak. Note: Divers is now limited to the plural; as divers ways (not divers way). Besides plurality it ordinarily implies variety of kind From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: divers adj : many and different; "tourist offices of divers nationalities"; "a person of diverse talents" [syn: {divers(a)}, {diverse}]
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