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单词 divagate
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divagate

[ dahy-vuh-geyt ]
/ ˈdaɪ vəˌgeɪt /
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verb (used without object), di·va·gat·ed, di·va·gat·ing.

to wander; stray.
to digress in speech.

Origin of divagate

First recorded in 1590–1600; from Latin dīvagātus (past participle of dīvagārī “to wander off”), equivalent to dī- di-2 + vag- (stem of vagārī “to wander”) + -ātus -ate1

OTHER WORDS FROM divagate

di·va·ga·tion, noun

Words nearby divagate

diurnal motion, diurnal parallax, diuron, div, diva, divagate, divalent, divalproex sodium, divan, divaricate, divarication
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Example sentences from the Web for divagate

  • But when they had sat down, Julius was little inclined to divagate into an account of his travels.

    Master of His Fate|J. Mclaren Cobban
  • But I divagate; and all this sits in the bosom of the publisher.

    The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 24 (of 25)|Robert Louis Stevenson

British Dictionary definitions for divagate

divagate
/ (ˈdaɪvəˌɡeɪt) /

verb

(intr) rare to digress or wander

Derived forms of divagate

divagation, noun

Word Origin for divagate

C16: from Latin di- ² + vagārī to 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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