verb (used without object), di·va·gat·ed, di·va·gat·ing.
- to wander; stray.
- to digress in speech.
verb
- (intr) rare to digress or wander
1590s, from Latin divagatus, past participle of divagari “to wander about,” from di(s)- “apart” (see dis-) + vagari “to wander, ramble” (see vague). Related: Divagated; divagating.