Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Diverse

Diverse (?; 277) , adjective

[The same word as divers. See Divers.]

1.
Different; unlike; dissimilar; distinct; separate.
The word... is used in a sense very diverse from its original import. — J. Edwards
Our roads are diverse: farewell, love! said she. — R. Browning
2.
Capable of various forms; multiform.
Eloquence is a great and diverse thing. — B. Jonson

Diverse , adverb

In different directions; diversely.

Diverse , intransitive verb

To turn aside. [Obsolete]
The redcross knight diverst, but forth rode Britomart. — Spenser