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Webster 1913 Edition


Multifarious

Mulˊti-fa′ri-ous

,
Adj.
[L.
multifarius
;
multus
much, many. Cf.
Bifarious
.]
1.
Having multiplicity; having great diversity or variety; of various kinds; diversified; made up of many differing parts; manifold.
There is a
multifarious
artifice in the structure of the meanest animal.
Dr. H. More.
2.
(Bot.)
Having parts, as leaves, arranged in many vertical rows.

Webster 1828 Edition


Multifarious

MULTIFA'RIOUS

,
Adj.
[L. multifarius.] Having great multiplicity; having great diversity or variety; as multifarious artifice.