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  3  definitions  found 
 
  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  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Varied  \Va"ried\,  a. 
  Changed;  altered;  various;  diversified;  as  a  varied 
  experience;  varied  interests;  varied  scenery.  -- 
  {Va"ried*ly},  adv 
 
  The  varied  fields  of  science,  ever  new  --Cowper. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  varied 
  adj  1:  characterized  by  variety;  "immigrants'  varied  ethnic  and 
  religious  traditions";  "his  work  is  interesting  and 
  varied"  [ant:  {unvaried}] 
  2:  widely  different;  "varied  motives  prompt  people  to  join  a 
  political  party";  "varied  ethnic  traditions  of  the 
  immigrants"  [syn:  {wide-ranging}] 
  3:  broken  away  from  sameness  or  or  identity  or  duplication; 
  "her  quickly  varied  answers  indicated  uncertainty" 




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