"divagate" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /ˈdaɪvəˌɡeɪt/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation], /ˈdɪvəˌɡeɪt/ [General-American] Forms: divagates [present, singular, third-person], divagating [participle, present], divagated [participle, past], divagated [past]
Etymology: First attested in 1599; borrowed from Latin dīvagātus, perfect active participle of dīvagor (“to wander here and there”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from Latin dis- (“in different direction”) + vagor (“to wander”). Cognate with French divaguer. Etymology templates: {{etydate|1599}} First attested in 1599, {{bor+|en|la|dīvagātus|nocap=1}} borrowed from Latin dīvagātus, {{glossary|perfect}} perfect, {{glossary|active}} active, {{glossary|participle}} participle, {{af|en|-ate|id1=verb|pos1=verb-forming suffix}} -ate (verb-forming suffix), {{uder|en|la|dis-||in different direction}} Latin dis- (“in different direction”), {{cog|fr|divaguer}} French divaguer Head templates: {{en-verb}} divagate (third-person singular simple present divagates, present participle divagating, simple past and past participle divagated)
  1. (intransitive) To wander about. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-divagate-en-verb-jdPTm9Zn
  2. (intransitive) To stray from a subject or theme. Tags: intransitive Translations (stray from a subject): отклонявам се (otklonjavam se) (Bulgarian), лутам се (lutam se) (Bulgarian)
    Sense id: en-divagate-en-verb-giVobxWO Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ate (verb), English undefined derivations, Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Bulgarian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 23 77 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ate (verb): 37 63 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 28 72 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 36 64 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 26 74 Disambiguation of 'stray from a subject': 8 92
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: divagation

Inflected forms

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