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Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Varying \Va"ry*ing\,
   a. & n. from {Vary}.

   {Varying hare} (Zo["o]l.), any hare or rabbit which becomes
      white in winter, especially the common hare of the
      Northern United States and Canada.

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?                     --Spenser.

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

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

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

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

            God hath varied their inclinations.   --Sir T.
                                                  Browne.

            God hath here Varied his bounty so with new
            delights.                             --Milton.

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

Source : WordNet®

varying
     adj : marked by diversity or difference; "the varying angles of
           roof slope"; "nature is infinitely variable" [syn: {variable}]
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