diversify : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: diversify	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for diversify
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
diversify v make (more) diverse; "diversify a course of study" spread into new habitats and produce variety or variegate; "The plants on this island diversified" Synonym(s): diversify, radiate vary in order to spread risk or to expand; "The company diversified" Synonym(s): diversify, branch out, broaden Antonym(s): narrow, narrow down, specialise, specialize
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Diversify \Diver"sify\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Diversified}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Diversifying}.] [F. diversifier, LL. diversificare, fr. L. diversus diverse + ficare (in comp.), akin to facere to make. See {Diverse}.] To make diverse or various in form or quality; to give variety to; to variegate; to distinguish by numerous differences or aspects. Separated and diversified on from another. --Locke. Its seven colors, that diversify all the face of nature. --I. Taylor.