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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Deviate  \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. 




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