divagate
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin dis- (“in different direction”) + vagatus, past participle of vago (“wander, ramble”).
Verb[edit]
divagate (third-person singular simple present divagates, present participle divagating, simple past and past participle divagated)
- (intransitive) To wander about.
- (intransitive) To stray from a subject or theme.
- 2010, Noah McLaughlin, French War Films and National Identity, page 51:
- The fallen guillotine blade is replaced with a call to awareness that, as we have seen, divagates from Szpiner's "Ayez pitié des enfants."
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
stray from a subject
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Italian[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Verb[edit]
divagate
- inflection of divagare:
Etymology 2[edit]
Participle[edit]
divagate f pl
Latin[edit]
Participle[edit]
dīvagāte
Spanish[edit]
Verb[edit]
divagate
- second-person singular voseo imperative of divagar combined with te