Liberal Dictionary English Dictionary
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
1550s, noun of action from Latin divagatus, past participle of divagari (see divagate).
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.