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Deviate \De"vi*ate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Deviated; p. pr. & vb. n. Deviating.] [L. deviare to deviate; de + viare to go, travel, via way. See Viaduct.] To go out of the way; to turn aside from a course or a method; to stray or go astray; to err; to digress; to diverge; to vary.

Thus Pegasus, a nearer way to take, May boldly deviate from the common track.
--Pope.

Syn: To swerve; stray; wander; digress; depart; deflect; err.

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Usage examples of "deviated".

They took some sort of machine, threw it into that universe, and it just kept going, but deviated due to pulls of some sort between our universe and that one, telling scientists where things were.

And my dreams had been periodically deviated to views of worlds I seriously doubted could have been products of my mentality.

Unlike serial killers, there was no standard white-male-between-thirty-and-forty-five profile for those who deviated from the norm.

Randy would not hesitate to pull the trigger if she deviated in any way from his dictates.

Michael never deviated from his path, walking slowly and steadily toward the woman.

There is not a suspicion existing in the mind of any one at all acquainted with the subject that the owner of either of them has deviated in any one instance from the pure blood of Mr.