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Different in kind or species; diverse.

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  1. a. Different in kind or species; diverse.
  2. a. Several; sundry; various; more than one, but not a great number; as, divers philosophers. Also used substantively or pronominally.
  3. adj. many and different
  4. 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. Shak. Note: Divers is now limited to the plural; as, divers ways (not divers way). Besides plurality it ordinarily implies variety of kind.
  5. j:100 s. many and different