English

Verb

aberrate ‎(third-person singular simple present aberrates, present participle aberrating, simple past and past participle aberrated)

1. (intransitive) To go astray; to diverge; to deviate (from); deviate from. [mid 18the century]^[1]
   • (Can we date this quote?), De Quincey, (Please provide the title of the work):

     Their own defective and aberrating vision.

2. (transitive) To distort; to cause aberration of. [late 19th century]^[1]

Usage notes

• The transitive sense is chiefly used in the past tense (as aberrated).

Related terms

• aberr
• aberrance
• aberrant
• aberration

Translations

References

1. 1 2 Lesley Brown (editor), The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th edition (Oxford University Press, 2003 [1933], ISBN 978-0-19-860575-7), page 4

Italian

Verb

aberrate

1. second-person plural present indicative of aberrare
2. second-person plural imperative of aberrare
3. feminine plural of aberrato

Latin

Verb

aberrāte

1. first-person plural present active imperative of aberrō