divers

UK /ˈdaɪvɜː(ɹ)z/ US /ˈdaɪvɜː(ɹ)z/

adj 1pron 1

Definitions

adj

Archaic form of diverse, in the sense of various or assorted.

Also the rule of false position, with dyuers examples not onely vulgar, but some appertaynyng to the rule of Algeber.

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.

pron

An indefinite number (at least two).

Tubal: There came divers of Antonio’s creditors in my company to Venice that swear he cannot choose but break.

Collocations

ADJ.

all, foreign, knowing, many, new, trapped, tubal

VERB + DIVERS

came, coat, flower, follow, need, police, seen, shore

DIVERS + NOUN

antonio, bowls, china, cities, countries, cups, diseases, frog

PREP.

about, in, in, out, with

ADV.

already, safely

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Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

Also the rule of false position, with dyuers examples not onely vulgar, but some appertaynyng to the rule of Algeber.

Wiktionary

But to-night, the third rainy evening of three rainy days, every flower in the divers china bowls, cups, vases, was withered; the harp was out of tune with the damp; and Emily betook herself to the le

Wiktionary

Tubal: There came divers of Antonio’s creditors in my company to Venice that swear he cannot choose but break.

Wiktionary

The divers found a wreck on the sea-bed.

Tatoeba · #41152

The divers can gather pearls with no danger.

Tatoeba · #273382

Usage Notes

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In some senses, divers is marked as archaic, literary. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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