di*verse" (d&ibreve;*v&etilde;rs"), v. i. To turn aside. [Obs.]
The redcross
knight diverst, but forth rode
Britomart.
Spenser.
Di*verse" (?), adv. In different directions; diversely.
Di"verse (?; 277), a.
[The same word as divers. See Divers.]
1. Different; unlike; dissimilar; distinct; separate.
The word . . . is used in a sense very diverse from its original import.
J.
Edwards. Our roads are diverse: farewell, love! said she.
R. Browning.
2. Capable of various forms; multiform.
Eloquence is a great and
diverse thing.
B.
Jonson.
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