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diversify

di·ver·sify

UK/daɪˈvɜː.sɪ.faɪ/ US/dɪˈvɜː.sɪ.faɪ/ rare

verb

1.

make (more) diverse

  • “diversify a course of study”
2.

spread into new habitats and produce variety or variegate

  • “The plants on this island diversified”
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3.

vary in order to spread risk or to expand

  • “The company diversified”
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Origin

Borrowed from Middle French diversifier, equivalent to diverse + -ify.

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