vary

[var·y]

If you're tired of the same old breakfast of bran flakes and orange juice, vary your routine put some banana slices on those bran flakes. You can vary the routine by changing the details but keeping the basics the same.

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To change the aspect of; to alter in form, appearance, substance, position, or the like; to make different by a partial change; to modify; as, to vary the properties, proportions, or nature of a thing; to vary a posture or an attitude; to vary one's dress or opinions.

Verb
make or become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one''s or its former characteristics or essence; "her mood changes in accordance with the weather"; "The supermarket''s selection of vegetables varies according to the season"

Verb
make something more diverse and varied; "Vary the menu"

Verb
be at variance with; be out of line with

Verb
be subject to change in accordance with a variable; "Prices vary"; "His moods vary depending on the weather"

v. t.
To change the aspect of; to alter in form, appearance, substance, position, or the like; to make different by a partial change; to modify; as, to vary the properties, proportions, or nature of a thing; to vary a posture or an attitude; to vary one's dress or opinions.

v. t.
To change to something else; to transmute; to exchange; to alternate.

v. t.
To make of different kinds; to make different from one another; to diversity; to variegate.

v. t.
To embellish; to change fancifully; to present under new aspects, as of form, key, measure, etc. See Variation, 4.

v. i.
To alter, or be altered, in any manner; to suffer a partial change; to become different; to be modified; as, colors vary in different lights.

v. i.
To differ, or be different; to be unlike or diverse; as, the laws of France vary from those of England.

v. i.
To alter or change in succession; to alternate; as, one mathematical quantity varies inversely as another.

v. i.
To deviate; to depart; to swerve; -- followed by from; as, to vary from the law, or from reason.

v. i.
To disagree; to be at variance or in dissension; as, men vary in opinion.

n.
Alteration; change.

Vary

Va"ry , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Varied ; p. pr. & vb. n. Varying.] [OE. varien, F. varier, L. variare, fr. varius various. See Various, and cf. Variate.] 1. To change the aspect of; to alter in form, appearance, substance, position, or the like; to make different by a partial change; to modify; as, to vary the properties, proportions, or nature of a thing; to vary a posture or an attitude; to vary one's dress or opinions.

Shall we vary our device at will, Even as new occasion appears?

2. To change to something else; to transmute; to exchange; to alternate.

Gods, that never change their state, Vary oft their love and hate.

We are to vary the customs according to the time and country where the scene of action lies.

3. To make of different kinds; to make different from one another; to diversity; to variegate.

God hath varied their inclinations.

God hath here Varied his bounty so with new delights.

4. (Mus.) To embellish; to change fancifully; to present under new aspects, as of form, key, measure, etc. See Variation, 4.

Vary

Va"ry , v. i. 1. To alter, or be altered, in any manner; to suffer a partial change; to become different; to be modified; as, colors vary in different lights.

That each from other differs, first confess; Next, that he varies from himself no less.

2. To differ, or be different; to be unlike or diverse; as, the laws of France vary from those of England. 3. To alter or change in succession; to alternate; as, one mathematical quantity varies inversely as another.

While fear and anger, with alternate grace, Pant in her breast, and vary in her face.

4. To deviate; to depart; to swerve; -- followed by from; as, to vary from the law, or from reason. Locke. 5. To disagree; to be at variance or in dissension; as, men vary in opinion.

The rich jewel which we vary for.

Vary

Va"ry, n. Alteration; change. [Obs.] Shak.

To change the aspect of; to alter in form, appearance, substance, position, or the like; to make different by a partial change; to modify; as, to vary the properties, proportions, or nature of a thing; to vary a posture or an attitude; to vary one's dress or opinions.

To alter, or be altered, in any manner; to suffer a partial change; to become different; to be modified; as, colors vary in different lights.

Alteration; change.

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Usage Examples

To know how to suggest is the great art of teaching. To attain it we must be able to guess what will interest we must learn to read the childish soul as we might a piece of music. Then, by simply changing the key, we keep up the attraction and vary the song.

Crime is terribly revealing. Try and vary your methods as you will, your tastes, your habits, your attitude of mind, and your soul is revealed by your actions.

If you take different mythologies from different cultures, the names may change and the story lines may vary but there is always something in common.

The fashions of the ages vary in this direction and that, but they vary for the most part from a central road which was struck out by the imagination of Greece.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

These will vary in every human being but knowledge is the same for every mind, and every mind may and ought to be trained to receive it.

That a society controls, to a greater or lesser extent, the behavior of its members is a universal but the methods, the particulars of that control, vary from one culture to another.

We are living at a time when creeds and ideologies vary and clash. But the gospel of human sympathy is universal and eternal.

But the idea that I should be a teacher and a researcher of some sort did not vary over the years.