Definitions for the word "vary" from multiple English dictionaries.
1. 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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. v. t.
To change to something else; to transmute; to exchange; to alternate.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. v. t.
To make of different kinds; to make different from one another; to diversity; to variegate.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. v. t.
To embellish; to change fancifully; to present under new aspects, as of form, key, measure, etc. See Variation, 4.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. 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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. v. i.
To differ, or be different; to be unlike or diverse; as, the laws of France vary from those of England.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. v. i.
To alter or change in succession; to alternate; as, one mathematical quantity varies inversely as another.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
8. v. i.
To deviate; to depart; to swerve; -- followed by from; as, to vary from the law, or from reason.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
9. v. i.
To disagree; to be at variance or in dissension; as, men vary in opinion.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
10. n.
Alteration; change.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
11. v.
(-ies, -ied) 1 be or become different; be of different kinds; change. 2 make different; modify. [latin vario: related to *various]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
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