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Verb divagate has 1 sense

• divagate(v = verb.communication) digress, stray, wander - lose clarity or turn aside especially from the main subject of attention or course of argument in writing, thinking, or speaking; "She always digresses when telling a story"; "her mind wanders"; "Don't digress when you give a lecture"
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Derived forms noun divagation₂, noun divagation₁
Sample sentences:
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THESAURUS

divagate

angle, angle off, bat around, be absent, bear off, bend, bias, branch off, bum, change the bearing, count ties, crook, curve, daydream, deflect, depart, depart from, detour, deviate, digress, divaricate, diverge, dream, drift, err, excurse, fantasy, flit, gad, gad about, gallivant, go about, go adrift, go astray, go the rounds, go woolgathering, heel, hit the road, hit the trail, hobo, jaunt, knock about, knock around, meander, mooch, moon, muse, nomadize, oblique, peregrinate, pererrate, pipe-dream, prowl, ramble, range, roam, rove, run about, saunter, sheer, shift, skew, slue, snake, stargaze, straggle, stray, stroll, sway, swerve, tack, traipse, tramp, trend, turn, turn aside, twist, twist and turn, vagabond, vagabondize, vary, veer, walk the tracks, wander, wayfare, wind

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divagate

Deviation

VB alter one's course, deviate, depart from, turn, trend, bend, curve, swerve, heel, bear off, gybe, wear, intervert, deflect, divert, divert from its course, put on a new scent, shift, shunt, draw aside, crook, warp, stray, straggle, sidle, diverge, tralineate, digress, wander, wind, twist, meander, veer, tack, divagate, sidetrack, turn aside, turn a corner, turn away from, wheel, steer clear of, ramble, rove, drift, go astray, go adrift, yaw, dodge, step aside, ease off, make way for, shy, fly off at a tangent, glance off, wheel about, face about, turn to the right about, face to the right about, waddle, go out of one's way, lose one's way.

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