Divers

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /ˈdaɪvÉ™z/
• Homophones: diverse in some dialects

See diver

Noun

plural

1. Plural of diver

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Full definition of divers

Adjective

1. Obsolete spelling of diverse, in the sense of various or assorted.
• 1551, , A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles: Founded Mainly on the Materials Collected by the Philological Society. Chapter , Also the rule of false position, with dyuers examples not onely vulgar, but some appertaynyng to the rule of Algeber.
• Authorized Version|Matthew|4|24:And his fame went throughout all Syria: and they brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments, and those which were possessed with devils, and those which were lunatic, and those that had the palsy; and he healed them.
• 1919, P. G. Wodehouse, My Man Jeeves:Shortly after this I had to go out of town. Divers sound sportsmen had invited me to pay visits to their country places, and it wasn't for several months that I settled down in the city again.

Anagrams

• drives