Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗alteration; change.
To change with time or a similar parameter. · To institute a change in, from a current state; to modify. · Not to remain constant: to change with time or a similar parameter. · To display differences.
From Middle English varien, from Old French varier, from Latin variō (“to change, alter, make different”), from varius (“different, various”); see various.
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