varyverb/ˈvɛəɹi/

• 1

  To change with time or a similar parameter.

  • He varies his magic tricks so as to minimize the possibility that any given audience member will see the same trick twice.
  • We are to vary the customs according to the time and country where the scene of action lies.
• 2

  To institute a change in, from a current state; to modify.

  • You should vary your diet. Eating just bread will do you harm in the end.
  • a. 1687, Edmund Waller, to Phyllis Gods, that never change their state, / Vary oft their love and hate.
• 3

  Not to remain constant: to change with time or a similar parameter.

  • His mood varies by the hour.
  • The sine function varies between −1 and 1.
• 4

  To display differences.

  • The sprouting tendency of potatoes varies between cultivars, years and places of growing.
  • In the new layout, it is proposed to provide three island platforms with six platform faces varying from 1,075 to 1,290 ft. in length and including bays.
• 5

  To be or act different from the usual.

  • I'm not comfortable with 3.Nc3 in the Caro-Kann, so I decided to vary and play exd5.
• 6

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

  • God hath[…] varied their inclinations.
  • God hath here / Varied his bounty so with new delights.
• 7

  entertainmentlifestylemusicTo embellish; to change fancifully; to present under new aspects, as of form, key, measure, etc. See variation.

• 8

  obsoleteTo disagree; to be at variance or in dissension.

  • the rich jewel which we vary for

varynoun/ˈvɛəɹi/

• 1

  obsoletealteration; change.

  • With euery gall, and varry of their Masters,