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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
divagate

1590s, from Latin divagatus, past participle of divagari "to wander about," from di(s)- "apart" (see dis-) + vagari "to wander, ramble" (see vague). Related: Divagated; divagating.

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divagate

vb. (context intransitive English) to stray off from a subject, focus, or course

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divagate

v. 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" [syn: digress, stray, wander]

Usage examples of "divagate".

So does a child's balloon divagate upon the currents of the air, and touch, and slide off again from every obstacle.

But, vague vagabond, you will seem to divagate, while in reality you will keep both eyes open and your ears pricked.

It is true that they were steps that lingered, divagated, and mounted with the deliberation natural to one past sixty whose arms, moreover, are full of leaves and blossoms.