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divagate

/ˈdaɪvəˌɡeɪt/ US, UK
/ˈdɪvəˌɡeɪt/ US

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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.

verb divagates · divagating · divagated

intransitive To wander about.
intransitive 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."

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@misc{divagate_2026,
  title = {divagate},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/divagate},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}