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Definition of Divagate
1. Verb. Lose clarity or turn aside especially from the main subject of attention or course of argument in writing, thinking, or speaking. "Don't digress when you give a lecture"
Generic synonyms: Tell
Derivative terms: Digression, Digression, Digressive, Divagation, Divagation
Definition of Divagate
1. Verb. (intransitive) to stray off from a subject, focus, or course ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Divagate
1. to wander [v -GATED, -GATING, -GATES] - See also: wander
Lexicographical Neighbors of Divagate
Literary usage of Divagate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Microbes and Men by Robert Tuttle Morris (1915)
"The reactionary divagate among men comes into conflict with the abnormally
progressive divagate among women. This explains what seems to be the senseless ..."
2. A Short History of English Literature by George Saintsbury (1898)
"The was written just after Pinkie), is treated like a prose Romance of the Rose
so far as the tendency of the author to digress, divagate, ..."
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