DIVERS, a. S as z. L., to turn.
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.
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