Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Divers"

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) 1.7 (wn)

divers
adj : many and different; "tourist offices of divers
nationalities"; "a person of diverse talents" [syn: {divers(a)},
{diverse}]

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