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Webster 1913 Edition
Divers
Di′vers
,Adj.
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,
. Also used substantively or pronominally. divers
philosophersDivers
of Antonio’s creditors. Shakespeare
☞ Divers is now limited to the plural; as, divers ways (not divers way). Besides plurality it ordinarily implies variety of kind.
Webster 1828 Edition
Divers
DIVERS
,Adj.
1.
Different; various.Thou shalt not sow thy fields with divers seeds. Deuteronomy 21.
Nor let thy cattle gender with divers kinds. Leviticus 19.
[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.]