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Entry 3 senses Webster, 1913

Diversity

/dĭv-ẽrs'-ĭt-ē/ · Di·ver·si·ty · IPA /daɪˈvɜː(ɹ)sɪti/
01 n. A state of difference; dissimilitude; unlikeness.
pl. Diversities ((#))
  1. 1.
    A state of difference; dissimilitude; unlikeness.
    “They will prove opposite; and not resting in a bare diversity, rise into a contrariety.” South.
  2. 2.
    Multiplicity of difference; multiformity; variety.
  3. 3.
    Variegation.
Syn. See Variety.