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divagates

divagates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of divagate.

Meaning of divagate

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

Questions about divagates

What is divagates the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Divagates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of divagate.

Words near divagates in the dictionary

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

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