Emily Dickinson Lexicon

VA'RI-OUS, a. [L. varius. See Vary.]

1. Different; several; manifold; as, men of various names and various occupations.
2. Changeable; uncertain; unfixed. The names of mixed modes … are very various and doubtful . – Locke.
3. Unlike each other; diverse. – Dryden. So many and so various laws are giv'n. – Milton.
4. Variegated; diversified. – Milton.