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deviate verb. M17.
[Late Latin deviat- pa. ppl stem of deviare, from Latin de- DE- 1 + via way: see -ATE3.]
1. verb intrans. Turn out of the way, turn aside, swerve, (lit. & fig.); diverge, digress, differ. (Foll. by from.) M17.
T. Hardy He has not..deviated one hair's breadth from the course he laid down. N. Shute He deviated fifty yards towards it. A. Powell A most devoted wife..never deviating in admiration of her husband. C. P. Snow The summer weather..hadn't deviated for four months.
2. verb trans. Cause to turn aside or swerve, deflect, change the direction of, (lit. & fig.). (Foll. by from.) Now chiefly as deviated ppl adjective, not straight, oblique, deviant. M17.
deviative adjective causing deviation, tending to deviate L19.