ˈdīvəˌgāt, ˈdiv- intransitive verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
Etymology: Late Latin divagatus, past participle of divagari, from Latin di- (from dis- apart) + vagari to wander — more at dis- , vagary
1. : to wander about or stray from one place or subject to another
now he divagated into the field of literature
2. : diverge
natural science divagated more and more from metaphysics — George Boas