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Divers


DIVERS, adjective. s as z. [Latin , to turn.]

1. Different; various.

Thou shalt not sow thy fields with divers seeds. Deuteronomy 21:1.

Nor let thy cattle gender with divers kinds. Leviticus 19:1.

[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.]