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Webster 1913 Edition


Divers

Di′vers

,
Adj.
[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.
Shakespeare
Divers is now limited to the plural; as, divers ways (not divers way). Besides plurality it ordinarily implies variety of kind.

Webster 1828 Edition


Divers

DIVERS

,
Adj.
S as z. [L., to turn.]
1.
Different; various.
Thou shalt not sow thy fields with divers seeds. Deuteronomy 21.
Nor let thy cattle gender with divers kinds. Leviticus 19.
[This is now generally written diverse.]
2.
Several; sundry; more than one, but not a great number. We have divers examples of this kind. [This word is not obsolete even in common discourse, and is much used in law proceedings.]

Definition 2024


divèrs

divèrs

See also: divers

Norman

Adjective

divèrs m

  1. (Jersey) various

Derived terms

Noun

divèrs m (plural divèrs)

  1. (Jersey) monster

Synonyms