desultv.
/dɪˈsʌlt/ intransitive. To proceed in a desultory manner.Apparently only in the works of Mortimer Collins.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > be copious [verb (intransitive)] > digress
overleapc1400
to cast, fet, fetch, go, take a compass?a1500
digress1530
traverse1530
decline?1543
square1567
rovea1575
deviate1638
to step aside1653
swerve1658
to sally out1660
transgress1662
to run off1687
canceleera1697
cantona1734
excurse1748
to travel out of the record1770
divagate1852
desult1872
sidetrack1893
1872 M. Collins Princess Clarice I. vi. 95 I digress, I desult.
1873 M. Collins Miranda II. 143 Having heretofore been accused of desulting and digressing.
1876 M. Collins Blacksmith & Scholar I. 201 We must not desult.
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