di·va·gate \ˈdīvəˌgāt, ˈdiv-\intransitive verb (-ed/-ing/-s) Etymology: Late Latin divagatus, past participle of divagari, from Latin di- (from dis- apart) + vagari to wander — more at dis-, vagary 1.: to wander about or stray from one place or subject to another < now he divagated into the field of literature > 2.: diverge < natural science divagated more and more from metaphysics — George Boas >