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divagate

[ dahy-vuh-geyt ]

verb (used without object)

divagated, divagating.
  1. to wander; stray.
  2. to digress in speech.


divagate

/ ˈ»å²¹Éª±¹É™ËŒÉ¡±ðɪ³Ù /

verb

  1. rare.
    intr to digress or wander
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ËŒ»å¾±±¹²¹Ëˆ²µ²¹³Ù¾±´Ç²Ô, noun
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • »å¾±î€…v²¹Â·²µ²¹î€ƒt¾±´Ç²Ô noun
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of divagate1

First recorded in 1590–1600; from Latin »åÄ«±¹²¹²µÄå³Ù³Ü²õ (past participle of »åÄ«±¹²¹²µÄå°ùÄ« “to wander offâ€), equivalent to »åÄ«- di- 2 + vag- (stem of ±¹²¹²µÄå°ùÄ« “to wanderâ€) + -Äå³Ù³Ü²õ -ate 1
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of divagate1

C16: from Latin di- ² + ±¹²¹²µÄå°ùÄ« to wander
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Example Sentences

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"Egoism is merely another name for the expression of a vital need," he said, after the divagating pause, defining the word more for his own satisfaction than in self-defense.

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For a set scheduled to start at 10, the singer, who had spent much of the day divagating about what to wear onstage, appeared around midnight.

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And the upshot is that the theistic determinist is never merciful, whereas the rational determinist is at least under a logical compulsion to be so, however he may resist or divagate.

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If it can be done in prose—that is the puzzle—I divagate again.

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So does a child’s balloon divagate upon the currents of the air, and touch and slide off again from every obstacle.

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