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divagate

UK/ˈdaɪvəˌɡeɪt/US/ˈdɪvəˌɡeɪt/

divagate verb: to wander about.

Verb

divagate (third-person singular simple present divagates, present participle divagating, simple past and past participle divagated)

  1. (intransitive) To wander about.
  2. (intransitive) To stray from a subject or theme.
    • The fallen guillotine blade is replaced with a call to awareness that, as we have seen, divagates from Szpiner's "Ayez pitié des enfants."2010, Noah McLaughlin, French War Films and National Identity, page 51

divagate meaning in Urdu

divagate in Urdu

بہکنا, بھٹکنا, گمراہ ہونا, پھرنا

Forms of divagate

third-person singular presentdivagates
present participledivagating
past participledivagated
pastdivagated

Origin of divagate

First attested in 1599; borrowed from Latin dīvagātus, perfect active participle of dīvagor (“to wander here and there”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from Latin dis- (“in different direction”) + vagor (“to wander”). Cognate with French divaguer.

Questions about divagate

What does divagate mean?
Divagate means to wander about.
What is divagate in Urdu?
Divagate in Urdu is بہکنا, بھٹکنا, گمراہ ہونا. See Divagate meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is divagate?
Divagate is a verb.
How do you pronounce divagate?
Divagate is pronounced /ˈdaɪvəˌɡeɪt/ (UK).
What is the past tense of divagate?
The past tense of divagate is divagated.

Words near divagate in the dictionary

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  3. DivaCup
  4. divadom
  5. divaesque
  6. divagate
  7. divagated
  8. divagates
  9. divagating
  10. divagation
  11. divagations

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Adapted from Wiktionary: divagate (page history and authors); divagate (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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