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Deviate   /dˈiviˌeɪt/   Listen
verb
Deviate  v. t.  To cause to deviate. (R.) "To deviate a needle."



Deviate  v. i.  (past & past part. deviated; pres. part. deviating)  To go out of the way; to turn aside from a course or a method; to stray or go astray; to err; to digress; to diverge; to vary. "Thus Pegasus, a nearer way to take, May boldly deviate from the common track."
Synonyms: To swerve; stray; wander; digress; depart; deflect; err.



noun
deviate  n.  A person having behavior differing from that which is normal or socially acceptable; used especially to characterize persons whose sexual behavior is considered morally unacceptable.
Synonyms: deviant.



adjective
deviate  adj.  Having behavior differing from that which is normal or expected, especially in an undesirable or socially disapproved manner; as, deviate behavior.
Synonyms: deviant.






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"Deviate" Quotes from Famous Books



... me why this yere foolhardy Hotspur don't stampede out for safety. But he don't; he stands thar lookin' onusual limp, an' awaits his fate. Prince Hal don't rush up an' mingle with Hotspur; he's playin' a system an' he don't deviate tharfrom. lie stands off about fifty yards, callin' Hotspur names, an' ...
— Wolfville Days • Alfred Henry Lewis

... have been the intention of the savages, they did not approach. We rode on, without having to deviate from our course, the ground being sufficiently level for the transit of the waggons. In a short time we saw extended before us an undulating region, though we had little doubt that we should be able to proceed along the hollows, without ...
— With Axe and Rifle • W.H.G. Kingston

... interference, caused by change of velocity in passing through the rarefied nucleus of these planetary vortices, near the body of the planet, and through the denser ether beyond, acting first as a concave, and secondly as a convex refracting body; always considering that the ray will deviate towards the side of least insistence, and ...
— Outlines of a Mechanical Theory of Storms - Containing the True Law of Lunar Influence • T. Bassnett

... unsatisfactory because the cutting and original basting was done in a careless manner. Remember that greater care is required in sleeve making than in any part of the garment. Each sleeve is complete in itself and one must not deviate from the other in size, arrangement or ornament, or general appearance. They should be cut, basted and fitted alike and if the arms differ in size or length the sleeves must be so adjusted as to conceal ...
— Textiles and Clothing • Kate Heintz Watson

... dwellings, of which the curved roof and the wooden pillars (in imitation of the poles) forming a colonnade round the ill-built brick walls, clearly denote the origin; and from this original form they have never ventured to deviate. Their temples are mostly constructed upon the same plan, with the addition of a second, and sometimes a third roof, one above the other. The wooden pillars that constitute the colonnade are generally ...
— Travels in China, Containing Descriptions, Observations, and Comparisons, Made and Collected in the Course of a Short Residence at the Imperial Palace of Yuen-Min-Yuen, and on a Subsequent Journey thr • John Barrow


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