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divagate, v.|ˈdaɪvəgeɪt|
[f. L. dīvagāt-, ppl. stem of dīvagārī to wander about, f. di-1, dis- 1 + vagārī to wander.]
intr. To wander about; to stray from one place or subject to another.
1599A. M. tr. Gabelhouer's Bk. Physicke 203/1 [A prescription] agaynste divagatinge payne. 1852Fraser's Mag. XLV. 171 Sir James had divagated into the question of Eternal Punishment. 1892Stevenson Across the Plains vi. 200 So does a child's balloon divagate upon the currents of the air. |