Definition of Devite
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.
De"vi*ate, v. t. To cause to
deviate. [R.]
To deviate a needle. J. D.
Forbes.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- To go off course from; to change course; to change plans.
He's deviating from the course. Follow him!
- To be outside of or part from some norm; to stray.
- One who deviates; a deviant.
Italian
- second-person plural indicative present tense of deviare
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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