c1369 G. Chaucer Bk. Duchesse 802 For al my werkes were flyttyng That tyme, and al my thought varyeng.

1412–20 J. Lydgate tr. Hist. Troy iv. 1725 I not what doth enclyne Ȝoure worþines sodeinly to varie.

c1440 Pallad. on Husb. iii. 116 For they [sc. the vines] from fruit to bareynesse wol vary When they be sette.

?1507 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 94 The stait of man dois change et vary, Now sound, now seik, now blith, now sary.

1609 W. Shakespeare Pericles x. 47 Their vessell shakes, On Neptunes billow,..but fortune mou'd, Varies againe. View more context for this quotation

a1630 F. Moryson in Shakespeare's Europe (1903) v. i. 461 The first hower after the Sunne is sett, strikes one, the Noone or midday varyeth daily as the Sunne doth his setting.

1726 G. Shelvocke Voy. round World xv. 436 We met with black dismal weather, with tempestuous winds, varying all around the Compass.

1791 A. Radcliffe Romance of Forest I. vi. 221 La Motte's complection varied to every sentence of this speech.

1828 R. Duppa Trav. Italy 21 The view [along this road] is constantly varying.

1859 C. Darwin Origin of Species i. 7 When the organisation has once begun to vary, it generally continues to vary for many generations.

1880 A. Geikie Elem. Lessons Physical Geogr. (new ed.) ii. 46 The quantity of water-vapour in the air varies from day to day, and, indeed, from hour to hour.

1828 R. Duppa Trav. Italy 128 During this week the thermometer varied only from 60° to 62° of Fahrenheit.

1843 C. Scudamore Med. Visit Gräfenberg 31 The very large number of patients on his list, varying from two to five hundred.

1852 H. Rogers Eclipse of Faith 380 Men's Gods have varied between the infinite Creator and a monkey.

1881 E. B. Tylor Anthropol. (1904) i. 10 No other explanation is possible but that an ancient parent language gave rise to them all, they having only varied off from it in different directions.

c1400 Rom. Rose 6213 For varie her wordis fro her deede They thenke on gile without dreede.

1490 W. Caxton tr. Eneydos Prol. 2 And certaynly our langage now vsed varyeth ferre from that whiche was vsed and spoken whan I was borne.

1528–30 tr. T. Littleton Tenures (new ed.) f. xxii Another partycyon maye be made bytwene perceners that varyeth from the partycyons aforesayd.

1600 E. Fairfax tr. T. Tasso Godfrey of Bulloigne xix. lxxxix. 354 Those feigned armes he forst me to deuize, So that from yours but small or nought they varrie [rhyme carrie].

1612 R. Grenewey tr. Tacitus Annales (rev. ed.) vi. vii. 131 That that bird [the Phœnix]..differeth in the beake, and varieth of feathers from other birds.

1823 H. J. Brooke Familiar Introd. Crystallogr. 189 Other oblique rhombic prisms, varying from the primary.

1842 J. Gwilt Encycl. Archit. ii. iii. 564 Rebate planes vary from bench planes in having no tote or handle [etc.].

1891 Law Times 92 96/1 This edition varies very little from its predecessor published in 1887.

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 765/1 I dare promesse you our bookes vary nat.

1564 tr. P. M. Vermigli Most Fruitfull & Learned Comm. f. 175 Yet was not god chaunged, but the condicion of men varyed.

1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. lxvii. 181 Howsoeuer mens opinions doe otherwise varie neuerthelesse touching Baptisme..we may with consent of the whole Christian world conclude [etc.].

1611 Bible (King James) 1 Esdras v. 9 (margin) Nehem. 7. 9, where..looke for the true numbers:..here they vary much.

1815 J. F. Stephens Shaw's Gen. Zool. IX. i. 17 This bird is said to vary very much, and Marcgrave mentions one which had the wing-coverts plain brown.

1854 E. Ronalds & T. Richardson Knapp's Chem. Technol. (ed. 2) I. 8 The specific gravity of wood has been observed to vary in the same variety;..it is not even the same in different parts of the same tree.

1868 J. N. Lockyer Elem. Lessons Astron. §22 The first thing which strikes us when we look at the stars is, that they vary very much in brightness.

1669 S. Sturmy Mariners Mag. ii. vi. 67 The upper Compass doth represent the true Compass that never varieth, whereby you have a most necessary Instrument to rectifie the Compass.

c1380 J. Wyclif Wks. (1880) 301 Þe secte of macamethe takiþ meche of cristis secte, but it varieþ in som rewele & in cloþis.

c1380 J. Wyclif Sel. Wks. III. 345 Þes newe ordris..varien in Goddis office fro þat þat Crist bad his preestis do.

c1384 G. Chaucer Hous of Fame ii. 299 And who so seyth of trouthe I varye Bid hym proven the contrarye.

c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (Roxb.) xiii. 60 In many poyntes þai vary fra vs and fra oure faith.

c1430 J. Lydgate Minor Poems (Percy Soc.) 131 Suche folke whiche..Dare to theyr wyfes be nat contrarye, Ne from theyr lustes dare not varye.

1533 J. Heywood Mery Play Pardoner & Frere sig. A.i Knyfe nor staffe may we none cary Excepte we shulde from the gospell vary.

1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. ccxxvii He was forced..to lyue in a straunge lande among people that..varyed from his maners.

1621 T. W. in tr. S. Goulart Wise Vieillard To Rdr. sig. A4^v I hope I haue hit of his meaning, though I vary from his wordes, as all Translators must doe.

1680 W. Allen Perswasive to Peace & Unity (ed. 2) 91 In varying from these [appointments] was the sin of those Men.

1713 M. Henry Ordinat. Serm. in Wks. (1857) II. 498/2 As God never varies from himself, so he never wavers in himself.

1723 E. Chambers tr. S. Le Clerc Treat. Archit. I. 9 Scamozzi is the only Author who varies from the rule.

1809 J. Roland Amateur of Fencing 123 Many persons..are very apt, when parrying carte and tierce, to vary from the usual parades made upon this occasion.

1532 (c1385) Usk's Test. Loue in Wks. G. Chaucer i. f. cccxxviii I shal hym enfourme of al the trouthe in thy love, with thy conscience, so that of his helpe thou shalte not varye at thy nede.

c1430 J. Lydgate Minor Poems (Percy Soc.) 131 But my foode and my cherisshynge, To telle plainly and not to varye, Is of suche folke.

a1525 Crying ane Playe 9 in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1925) II. 149 Bot..ȝit I trowe þat I wary I am þe nakit blynd hary That lang has bene in þe fary.

?1553 (c1501) G. Douglas Palice of Honour (London) Prol. l. 101 in Shorter Poems (1967) 14 My febyl wit I wary My dasyt heid quham lake of brane gart veray [1579 Edinb. vary].

1622 (?a1513) W. Dunbar Poems (Reidpeth) (1998) I. 240 This is ane felloun phary, Or ellis my witt rycht woundrouslie dois varie.

1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. To vary, vairie, applied to one who exhibits the first symptoms of delirium, as the effects of bodily disorder; as, ‘I observe him vairyin' the day’.

a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1874) V. 425 Here take heed þat auctors varieþ, for William seiþ.., but Marianus and Beda telleþ [etc.].

1412–20 J. Lydgate tr. Hist. Troy ii. 187 Nat purposyng to moche for to varie, Nor for to be dyuerse nor contrarie Vn-to Guydo.

c1450 Mirk's Festial 207 And scho onswerd..and tolde hym all þyng, and varyet yn no poynt.

a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. lxxxiii. f. xxxi^v Of the firste commyng of these Saxons into great Britayne, Auctours in party varrey.

1529 T. More Dialogue Heresyes i, in Wks. 175/1 I wil beleue him muche better than hym..if thei varyed in a tale and were contrary.

1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 477 We will..adde thereunto [the account of] Oppianus: for he doth vary in both of them.

a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. xlv. f. xv^v The wryters of the Story of Brytons wryten dyuersly so that the one varyeth greatly from the other.

1577 R. Holinshed Hist. Eng. 116/2 in Chron. I William Malmes. wryting of this Vortimer..varyeth in a maner altogither from Geffrey of Monmouth.

1653 W. Ramesey Astrologia Restaurata 315 I have in..other places varied some~what from him.

1700 J. Dryden Fables Pref. sig. *Cij^v I durst not make thus bold with Ovid, lest some future Milbourn should arise, and say, I varied from my Author, because I understood him not.

1826 R. Southey Vindiciæ Ecclesiæ Anglicanæ 256 Later writers, therefore, found it expedient to vary from him in describing the catastrophe.

?1428 in H. Littlehales Medieval Rec. London City Church (1905) 13 Yf the said parsons, wardeyns & iiij parisshens of the said Chirch..varye of their said chosyng of the same preest..& can nat accorde.

c1430 J. Lydgate Minor Poems (Percy Soc.) 28 Remembre wele on olde January,..and how Justyne did vary Fro placebo.

1516 in I. S. Leadam Select Cases Star Chamber (1911) II. 108 The seid parties haue varied also in the namyng of Auditours for heryng and takyng of accomptes.

1527 Bp. S. Gardiner Let. to Wolsey in J. Strype Eccl. Memorials (1721) I. App. 71 At these words the Popes Ho. casting his armes abrode, bad us put in the words we varyed for.

1579 in W. Wilkinson Confut. Familye of Loue sig. A iiij Where about men presently so greatly strive and varie.

1608 E. Topsell Hist. Serpents 68 Which sound, whether it proceedeth from the mouth, or from the motion of their winges: Aristotle and Hesychius, do much vary and contend.

1657 S. Purchas Theatre Flying-insects 55 Give mee leave to vary from so learned an Author, and diligent observer.

c1450 Alphabet of Tales (1904) I. 118 Þer was ij brether þat dwelte samen many yeris, & þai varid neuer nor neuer was wrothe.

1525 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles II. ccx. [ccvi.] 650 They never varyed nor their people toguyder, therfore they reigned in great puissaunce.

?1534 Remors of Conscyence (de Worde) (new ed.) sig. C.j And yf thou be a lytell dyspleased Thou cursed & varyest bothe nyght & daye.

1577 M. Hanmer tr. Socrates Scholasticus v. xx, in Aunc. Eccl. Hist. 352 Men fell out amonge them selues..Wherefore how, when, and vpon what occasion they varyed, I am nowe about to declare.

1496 Cov. Leet Bk. 581 That no maner persone..vexe, troble, assaute nor varie with eny his Neighbours.

1525 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles II. cxcv. [cxci.] 598 If euer Flaunders and Brabant shulde vary agaynst the crowne of Fraunce.

a1529 J. Skelton Howe Douty Duke of Albany in Wks. (1568) sig. F.viii If our moost royall Harry Lyst with you to varry Full soone ye should miscary.

1559 W. Baldwin et al. Myrroure for Magistrates James I. vii We wer driuen to the English coast, Which realme with Skotland at that time did vary.

1680 A. Wood Life & Times (1892) II. 490 Mr. [John] Conant varied. A great entertainment in the gallery.

1685 A. Wood Life (1892) 23 July II. 490 Mr. Slatter varied, being put off till that time because he had got a mischance.

1749 J. Pointer Oxoniensis Acad. 18 The Master-Fellows are oblig'd by their Statutes to take their turns, every Year about the Act Time, or at least before the 1st Day of August, to vary,..i.e. to perform some publick Exercise in the Common-Hall, the Variator opposing Aristotle, in three Latin Speeches.

1477 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Hist. Jason (1913) 53 Thus in varyieng in this doubte she approched the loggyse.

1481 W. Caxton tr. Siege & Conqueste Jerusalem (1893) lxxix. (heading) How the duc that was at Rages varyed for to holde this that he had promysed to Bawdwyn.

1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. ccxviii. 278 All they of his counsaile coude not make hym to vary fro that pourpose.

c1595 Countess of Pembroke Psalme lxxi. 44 in Coll. Wks. (1998) II. 87 As for me, resolu'd to tary In my trust, and not to vary: I will heape thy praise with praise.

1780 J. Moore View Society & Manners France (new ed.) I. i Our young friend seemed confirmed in his resolutions and gave me fresh assurances..that he never would vary.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ix. 516 As when a Ship..Veres oft, as oft so steers, and shifts her Saile; So varied hee. View more context for this quotation

1557 F. Seager Schoole of Vertue in Babees Bk. (2002) i. 345 See here he [sc. Aristotle] doth vary. Refuse not his councell, Nor his wordes dispise.

1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. cxxxix They had alledged..that the byshop Clement varied in his sentence, and had declared to the Frenche king in priuate talke, what he thought.

1637 News-lett. C. Rossingham in S. Gardiner Documents Proc. against W. Prynne (1877) 79 For drawing wittnesses to varie from their former depositions.

1639 S. Du Verger tr. J.-P. Camus Admirable Events 329 She is examined hereupon, and varies in her first answer, being pressed further she acknowledgeth it in her second.

1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) To Vary,..to falter in one's Answers; to disagree with, or differ from one's self.

1642 tr. J. Perkins Profitable Bk. ii. §121. 54 The plaintiffe shall take nothing by his writ, because he cannot varie from the place dated in the obligation.

1340–70 Alex. & Dind. 200 We han, ludus, of ȝour lif listned ful ofte, Þat michil ben ȝour manerus from oþur men varied.

a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Ecclus. xxxviii. 28 Whyche grauede grauen broochis, and the bysynesse of hym varieth the peynture.

1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) iii. xxiv. 73 Hote ayre and colde and drye and temperate varye and chaunge the pulse.

1486 Bk. St. Albans, Her. (Dallaway) p. lxxxvii The bordir of thys cros is variet as well from the coloure of the cros as fro the coloure of the felde.

1591 E. Spenser Prosopopoia in Complaints 118 Shall we varie our deuice at will, Euen as new occasion appeares?

1614 J. Selden Titles of Honor 252 The name of Vigniers..is the same with Vicarij, both but varying the word Vicecomes.

1653 W. Ramesey Astrologia Restaurata 227 Your rules being varied according to art and discretion.

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iv, in tr. Virgil Wks. 140 But thou, the more he varies Forms, beware To strain his Fetters with a stricter Care. View more context for this quotation

1725 D. Defoe New Voy. round World ii. 174 They had not varied their Course in the Dark.

1782 J. Priestley Hist. Corruptions Christianity I. i. 150 Words..we can twist and vary as we please.

1802 W. Paley Nat. Theol. i. 4 Nor can I perceive that it varies at all the inference.

1864 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend (1865) I. i. v. 33 He had never varied his ground an inch.

1891 Act 54 & 55 Vict. c. 66 §16 The court, after such notice,..may vary such order in such manner..as it may think fit.

1648 T. Gage Eng.-Amer. 214 So likewise are varied or declined Abix, signifying a plantation, Acal earth.

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics i, in tr. Virgil Wks. 67 The setting Sun survey,..If dusky Spots are vary'd on his Brow [etc.] . View more context for this quotation

1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson i. vi. 59 We varied our depths from fifty to eighty fathom.

1758 S. Johnson Idler 27 May 57 To vary a whole week with joy, anxiety, and conjecture.