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.
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To go astray; to diverge.
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Being or succeeding by turns; one following the other in succession of time or place; by turns first one and then the other; hence, reciprocal.
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To show to be false; to convict of, or charge with, falsehood.
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To render obscure by making the form or outline of confused and uncertain, as by soiling; to smear; to make indistinct and confused; as, to blur manu…
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To strain apart; to sever by fracture; to divide with violence; as, to break a rope or chain; to break a seal; to break an axle; to break rocks or co…
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To make bright or brighter; to make to shine; to increase the luster of; to give a brighter hue to.
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To grow broad; to become broader or wider.
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One who checks.
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Same as Checker.
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Free from opaqueness; transparent; bright; light; luminous; unclouded.
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To assert the contrary of; to oppose in words; to take issue with; to gainsay; to deny the truth of, as of a statement or a speaker; to impugn.
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To make slight cracks; to make small, sharp, sudden noises, rapidly or frequently repeated; to crepitate; as, burning thorns crackle.
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To cease to appear or to be perceived; to pass from view, gradually or suddenly; to vanish; to be no longer seen; as, darkness disappears at the appr…
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To make diverse or various in form or quality; to give variety to; to variegate; to distinguish by numerous differences or aspects.
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A driving; a violent movement.
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To be wanting; to fall short; to be or become deficient in any measure or degree up to total absence; to cease to be furnished in the usual or expect…
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To Descend, either suddenly or gradually; particularly, to descend by the force of gravity; to drop; to sink; as, the apple falls; the tide falls; th…
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The evolution of light and heat in the combustion of bodies; combustion; state of ignition.
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A frieze.
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3d pers. sing. pres. of Hold, contraction for holdeth.
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A kind of loose jacket for men.
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To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another; to impel; to stir; as…
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Of little breadth; not wide or broad; having little distance from side to side; as, a narrow board; a narrow street; a narrow hem.
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To load or fill to excess; to load too heavily.
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To emit rays; to be radiant; to shine.
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To move from a lower position to a higher; to ascend; to mount up. Specifically: -- (a) To go upward by walking, climbing, flying, or any other volun…
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To mention specially; to particularize.
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To close, as an aperture, by filling or by obstructing; as, to stop the ears; hence, to stanch, as a wound.
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To pass from a visible to an invisible state; to go out of sight; to disappear; to fade; as, vapor vanishes from the sight by being dissipated; a shi…
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The track left by a vessel in the water; by extension, any track; as, the wake of an army.
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That which is done or doing; the exercise of power, or the effect, of which power exerted is the cause; a performance; a deed.
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To be or stand apart; to disagree; to be unlike; to be distinguished; -- with from.
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To make diverse or various in form or quality; to give variety to; to variegate; to distinguish by numerous differences or aspects.
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To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another; to impel; to stir; as…
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Deviating.
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Deviating.
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To go out of the way; to turn aside from a course or a method; to stray or go astray; to err; to digress; to diverge; to vary.
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To go out of the way; to turn aside from a course or a method; to stray or go astray; to err; to digress; to diverge; to vary.
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The act of deviating; a wandering from the way; variation from the common way, from an established rule, etc.; departure, as from the right course or…
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The act of deviating; a wandering from the way; variation from the common way, from an established rule, etc.; departure, as from the right course or…
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Alt. of Divergency
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Alt. of Divergency
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A motion like that of waves; a moving in this and that direction; as, the fluctuations of the sea.
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A motion like that of waves; a moving in this and that direction; as, the fluctuations of the sea.
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Having the capacity of varying or changing; capable of alternation in any manner; changeable; as, variable winds or seasons; a variable quantity.
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Having the capacity of varying or changing; capable of alternation in any manner; changeable; as, variable winds or seasons; a variable quantity.
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Varying in from, character, or the like; variable; different; diverse.
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Varying in from, character, or the like; variable; different; diverse.
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The act of varying; a partial change in the form, position, state, or qualities of a thing; modification; alternation; mutation; diversity; deviation…
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The act of varying; a partial change in the form, position, state, or qualities of a thing; modification; alternation; mutation; diversity; deviation…
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The quality or state of being various; intermixture or succession of different things; diversity; multifariousness.
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The quality or state of being various; intermixture or succession of different things; diversity; multifariousness.
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of Vary
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To make otherwise; to change in some respect, either partially or wholly; to vary; to modify.
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To alter; to make different; to cause to pass from one state to another; as, to change the position, character, or appearance of a thing; to change t…
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To part; to divide; to separate.
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To go out of the way; to turn aside from a course or a method; to stray or go astray; to err; to digress; to diverge; to vary.
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To extend from a common point in different directions; to tend from one point and recede from each other; to tend to spread apart; to turn aside or d…
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Variegated in color; consisting of different colors; dappled; party-colored; as, a motley coat.
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To diversify in external appearance; to mark with different colors; to dapple; to streak; as, to variegate a floor with marble of different colors.
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To alter; to make different; to cause to pass from one state to another; as, to change the position, character, or appearance of a thing; to change t…
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Of the same form; similar in import; conformable.
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Of the same form; similar in import; conformable.
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