divagate

An obsolete verb meaning to wander or stray from a path, topic, or course of action; to digress.

• 🇫🇷Verbe signifiant s'écarter du sujet, du chemin ou de la ligne de conduite ; divaguer ou s'égarer mentalement.

1. Stray from the main topic C2 formal

   To wander or digress from the main subject in speech, writing, or thought.

   • The speaker began to divagate from the main point of the lecture.
   • His essay tends to divagate into unrelated topics.
   • During the debate, he would often divagate, losing the audience's attention.

   🇫🇷S'écarter du sujet principal

   Synonymes: deviatedigressdivergedriftramblestraywander

   Antonymes: adhereconcentratefocuspertain

• divagated past participle
• divagated past simple
• divagating present participle
• divagates third person singular