divagate
verbUS, UK /ˈdaɪvəˌɡeɪt/ · US /ˈdɪvəˌɡeɪt/
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.
1
To wander about.
2
To stray from a subject or theme.
- The fallen guillotine blade is replaced with a call to awareness that, as we have seen, divagates from Szpiner's "Ayez pitié des enfants."2010, Noah McLaughlin, French War Films and National Identity, page 51:
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