divagate
English
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin dis- (“in different direction”) + vagatus, past participle of vago (“wander, ramble”).
Verb
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- (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
Translations
stray from a subject
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Italian
Verb
divagate
- second-person plural present indicative of divagare
- second-person plural imperative of divagare
- feminine plural of divagato
Latin
Participle
(deprecated template usage) dīvagāte