digress

digress
Synonyms and related words:
bear off, bend, branch off, bypass, change the bearing, curve, depart, depart from, detour, deviate, divagate, divaricate, diverge, drift, excurse, get sidetracked, go around, go astray, go round about, heel, make a detour, maunder, ramble, roam, sheer, shift, stray, swerve, tack, trend, turn, turn aside, vary, veer, wander

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  • Digress — Di*gress , v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Digressed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Digressing}.] [L. digressus, p. p. of digredi to go apart, to deviate; di = dis + gradi to step, walk. See {Grade}.] 1. To step or turn aside; to deviate; to swerve; especially, to turn …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Digress — Di*gress , n. Digression. [Obs.] Fuller. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • digress — I verb aberrare, alter course, be diffuse, branch out, change direction, depart, detour, deviate, digredi, divagate, divaricate, diverge, divert, drift, expatiate, fly off at a tangent, go astray, meander, ramble, rove, shift, sidestep, sidetrack …   Law dictionary

  • digress — 1520s, from L. digressus, pp. of digredi to go aside, depart (see DIGRESSION (Cf. digression)), or perhaps a back formation from digression. Related: Digressed; digressing …   Etymology dictionary

  • digress — deviate, diverge, depart, *swerve, veer Analogous words: *wander, stray …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • digress — [v] stray, deviate aberrate, beat about the bush*, be diffuse, circumlocute, depart, divagate, drift, excurse, get off the point, get off the subject, get sidetracked, go by way of*, go off on a tangent*, long way*, meander, ramble, roam, swerve …   New thesaurus

  • digress — ► VERB ▪ leave the main subject temporarily in speech or writing. DERIVATIVES digression noun digressive adjective. ORIGIN Latin digredi step away …   English terms dictionary

  • digress — [di gres′, dīgres′] vi. [< L digressus, pp. of digredi, to go apart < dis , apart + gradi, to go, step: see GRADE] to turn aside; esp., to depart temporarily from the main subject in talking or writing; ramble SYN. DEVIATE …   English World dictionary

  • digress — UK [daɪˈɡres] / US verb [intransitive] Word forms digress : present tense I/you/we/they digress he/she/it digresses present participle digressing past tense digressed past participle digressed if you digress from a subject, you start to talk or… …   English dictionary

  • digress — v. (D; intr.) to digress from * * * [d(a)ɪ gres] (D; intr.) to digress from …   Combinatory dictionary

  • digress — digresser, n. digressingly, adv. /di gres , duy /, v.i. 1. to deviate or wander away from the main topic or purpose in speaking or writing; depart from the principal line of argument, plot, study, etc. 2. Archaic. to turn aside. [1520 30; < L… …   Universalium

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