divagate
English
editEtymology
editFrom Latin dis- (“in different direction”) + vagatus, past participle of vago (“wander, ramble”).
Verb
editdivagate (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
editTranslations
editstray from a subject
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Italian
editEtymology 1
editVerb
editdivagate
- inflection of divagare:
Etymology 2
editParticiple
editdivagate f pl
Latin
editParticiple
editdīvagāte
Spanish
editVerb
editdivagate
- second-person singular voseo imperative of divagar combined with te