divagate

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin dis- (“in different direction”) + vagatus, past participle of vago (“wander, ramble”).

Verb

1. (intransitive) To wander about.
2. (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

• divagation

Translations

stray from a subject

• Bulgarian: отклонявам се (otklonjavam se), лутам се (lutam se)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

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Italian

Verb

divagate

1. second-person plural present indicative of divagare
2. second-person plural imperative of divagare
3. feminine plural of divagato

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Latin

Participle

(deprecated template usage) dīvagāte

1. vocative masculine singular of dīvagātus