varying

varying
    adj 1: marked by diversity or difference; "the varying angles of
           roof slope"; "nature is infinitely variable" [syn:
           {varying}, {variable}]
    

Varying \Va"ry*ing\,
   a. & n. from {Vary}.
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   {Varying hare} (Zool.), any hare or rabbit which becomes
      white in winter, especially the common hare of the
      Northern United States and Canada.
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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}.]
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   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.
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            Shall we vary our device at will,
            Even as new occasion appears?         --Spenser.
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   2. To change to something else; to transmute; to exchange; to
      alternate.
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            Gods, that never change their state,
            Vary oft their love and hate.         --Waller.
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            We are to vary the customs according to the time and
            country where the scene of action lies. --Dryden.
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   3. To make of different kinds; to make different from one
      another; to diversify; to variegate.
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            God hath varied their inclinations.   --Sir T.
                                                  Browne.
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            God hath here
            Varied his bounty so with new delights. --Milton.
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   4. (Mus.) To embellish; to change fancifully; to present
      under new aspects, as of form, key, measure, etc. See
      {Variation}, 4.
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90 Moby Thesaurus words for "varying":
      assorted, at odds, at variance, capricious, changeable, changing,
      choppy, contrary, contrasted, contrasting, departing, deviating,
      deviative, deviatory, different, differentiated, differing,
      disaccordant, disagreeing, discordant, discrepant, discrete,
      discriminated, disjoined, disorderly, disparate, dissimilar,
      dissonant, distinct, distinguished, divaricate, divergent,
      diverging, divers, diverse, diversified, diversiform, erose,
      erratic, heterogeneous, impulsive, in disagreement, inaccordant,
      incompatible, incongruous, inconsistent, inconsonant, inconstant,
      inharmonious, irreconcilable, irregular, jagged, jerky, many,
      mercurial, motley, multifarious, mutable, nonconformist,
      nonstandard, nonuniform, pluralistic, poles apart, poles asunder,
      ragged, rough, separate, separated, several, spasmodic, sporadic,
      unconformable, unequable, unequal, uneven, unlike, unorthodox,
      unstable, unsteady, unsystematic, ununiform, variable, variant,
      varied, variegated, variform, various, wavering, widely apart,
      worlds apart