v. Obs. [f. L. vari-, stem of varius VARIOUS a.: see -FY.] trans. To make varied; to vary; to variegate.
1606. Sylvester, Du Bartas, II. iv. Magnificence, 661. May … Suiting the Lawns in all her pomp and pride Of lively Colours, lovely varifi’d.
1631. J. Burges, Answ. Rejoined, 88. So as the same Law might ever remaine firme, and vnbroken, when occasions should varifie and change particularities.
1680–90. Temple, Ess., Gardening, Wks. 1720, I. 183. All the rest are either varified by Names, or not to be named with these, nor worth troubling a Garden.
1741. E. Poston, Pratler (1747), I. 113. You don’t know what great Use a little Latin and Greek would now be of: You can’t imagin the Credit and Reputation that there is in a Line, or even a Word or two, of it:… Besides, it varifies it, and makes it naturally the fitter for Entertainment.
