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English Dictionary: VARIOUS	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
various adj of many different kinds purposefully arranged but lacking any uniformity; "assorted sizes"; "his disguises are many and various"; "various experiments have failed to disprove the theory"; "cited various reasons for his behavior" Synonym(s): assorted, various considered individually; "the respective club members"; "specialists in their several fields"; "the various reports all agreed" Synonym(s): respective(a), several(a), various(a) distinctly dissimilar or unlike; "celebrities as diverse as Bob Hope and Bob Dylan"; "animals as various as the jaguar and the cavy and the sloth" Synonym(s): diverse, various having great diversity or variety; "his various achievements are impressive"; "his vast and versatile erudition" Synonym(s): versatile, various
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Various \Va"rious\, a. [L. varius. Cf. {Vair}.] 1. Different; diverse; several; manifold; as, men of various* names; various occupations; various colors. So many and so various laws are given. --Milton. A wit as various, gay, grave, sage, or wild. --Byron. 2. Changeable; uncertain; inconstant; variable. A man so various, that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome. --Dryden. The names of mixed modes . . . are very various. --Locke. 3. Variegated; diversified; not monotonous. A happy rural seat of various view. --Milton.