vary > define

verb

• Become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence.
  • usage: "her mood changes in accordance with the weather"; "The supermarket's selection of vegetables varies according to the season"
  • synonyms: change, alter
• Be at variance with; be out of line with.
  • synonyms: deviate, diverge, depart
• Be subject to change in accordance with a variable.
  • usage: "Prices vary"; "His moods vary depending on the weather"
• Make something more diverse and varied.
  • usage: "Vary the menu"
  • synonyms: variegate, motley

• (v.t.) To make of different kinds; to make different from one another; to diversity; to variegate.
• (v.i.) To alter or be altered, in any manner; to suffer a partial change; to become different; to be modified; as, colors vary in different lights.
• (v.i.) To disagree; to be at variance or in dissension; as, men vary in opinion.
• (v.i.) To alter or change in succession; to alternate; as, one mathematical quantity varies inversely as another.
• (v.t.) To change to something else; to transmute; to exchange; to alternate.
• (n.) Alteration; change.
• (v.t.) To change the aspect of; to alter in form, appearance, substance, position or the like; to make different by a partial change; to modify; as, to vary the properties, proportions or nature of a thing; to vary a posture or an attitude; to vary one's dress or opinions.
• (v.i.) To differ or be different; to be unlike or diverse; as, the laws of France vary from those of England.
• (v.t.) To embellish; to change fancifully; to present under new aspects, as of form, key, measure, etc. See Variation, 4.
• (v.i.) To deviate; to depart; to swerve; -- followed by from; as, to vary from the law or from reason.