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Webster 1913 Edition
Deviate
De′vi-ate
,Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Deviated
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Deviating
.] 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.
Syn. – To swerve; stray; wander; digress; depart; deflect; err.
De′vi-ate
,Verb.
T.
To cause to deviate.
[R.]
To
deviate
a needle. J. D. Forbes.
Webster 1828 Edition
Deviate
DEVIATE
,Verb.
I.
1.
To turn aside or wander from the common or right way, course or line, either in a literal or figurative sense; as, to deviate from the common track or path, or from a true course.There nature deviates, and here wanders will.
2.
To stray from the path of duty; to wander, in a moral sense; to err; to sin.