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–v.t.1. to make different; change: »
The driver can vary the speed of an automobile.
SYNONYM(S): alter, modify, diversify.2. to give variety to (something); introduce changes into (something): »to vary one's style of writing.
3. Music. to repeat (a tune or theme) with changes and ornament.–v.i.2. to undergo change or alteration; become different; show differences: »The weather varied between cloudy and bright.
3. Mathematics. to undergo or be subject to a change in value according to some law: »to vary inversely as the cube of y.
4. Biology. to exhibit or be subject to variation, as by selection.╂[< Old French varier < Latin variāre < varius varied, spotted, various]–var´y|ing|ly, adverb.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.