Noah Webster
Diverse
DIVERSE, adjective [Latin]
1. Different; differing.
Four great beasts came up from the sea, diverse one from another. Daniel 7:3.
2. Different from itself; various; multiform.
Eloquence is a diverse thing.
3. In different directions.
And with tendrils creep diverse
DIVERSE, verb intransitive divers. To turn aside. [Not used.]