Both Uses
vary
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The Gold-Bug
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- Had Kidd concealed his plunder for a time, and afterwards reclaimed it, the rumors would scarcely have reached us in their present unvarying form.†
unvarying = consistent or the samestandard prefix: The prefix "un-" in unvarying means not and reverses the meaning of varying. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.
- In the present case—indeed in all cases of secret writing—the first question regards the language of the cipher; for the principles of solution, so far, especially, as the more simple ciphers are concerned, depend upon, and are varied by, the genius of the particular idiom.†
*varied = differed; or changed
Definitions:
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(1)
(vary) to be different, or to changeVary is often used to describe small differences or changes--especially about things of the same type. It would be more common to say "The weight of full-grown elephants varies depending upon diet and other factors," than to say "The weight of elephants varies from that of mice."
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)