diversities

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diversities - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Diversity \Di*ver"si*ty\, n.; pl. Diversities. [F.
     diversit['e], L. diversitas, fr. diversus. See Diverse.]
     1. A state of difference; dissimilitude; unlikeness.
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              They will prove opposite; and not resting in a bare
              diversity, rise into a contrariety.   --South.
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     2. Multiplicity of difference; multiformity; variety.
        "Diversity of sounds." --Shak. "Diversities of opinion."
        --Secker.
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     3. Variegation. "Bright diversities of day." --Pope.
  
     Syn: See Variety.
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