The adjective "divers" means various or several. It comes from the Latin "diversus," meaning "to turn aside" or "to turn."
El adjetivo "divers" significa variado o varios. Proviene del latÃn "diversus", que significa "apartarse" o "girar".
| Front | divers \DY-vuhrz\ |
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| Back | adjective Various; several. [From Latin diversus, from divertere (to turn aside), from di- (away, apart) + vertere (to turn). Ultimately from the Indo-European root wer- (to turn or bend) that is also the source of words such as wring, weird, writhe, worth, revert, and universe.] "Did he alone represent France in this mysterious association, evidently composed of individuals of divers nationalities?" |
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