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divagating

divagating is the present participle and gerund 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 divagating

What is divagating the present participle and gerund of?
Divagating is the present participle and gerund of divagate.

Words near divagating in the dictionary

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

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