Hypertext Webster Gateway: "varying"

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) 1.7 (wn)

varying
adj : marked by diversity or difference; "the varying angles of
roof slope"; "nature is infinitely variable" [syn: {variable}]


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