- to make diverse, as in form or character; give variety or diversity to; variegate.
- to invest in different types of (securities, industries, etc.).
- to produce different types of (manufactured products, crops, etc.).
- to invest in different types of industries, securities, etc.
- to add different types of manufactured products, crops, etc., especially to a business.
- to create different forms of; variegate; vary
- (of an enterprise) to vary (products, operations, etc) in order to spread risk, expand, etc
- to distribute (investments) among several securities in order to spread risk