DIVERSIFY, verb transitive [Latin] 1. To make different or various in form or qualities; to give variety to; to variegate; as, to diversify the colors of a robe; to diversify a landscape with mountains, plains, trees and lakes. 2. To give diversity to; to distinguish by different things; as a council diversified by different characters. 3. In oratory, to vary a subject, by enlarging on what has been briefly stated, by brief recapitulation, by adding new ideas, by transposing words or periods, etc.
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