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Definition of Divagated
1. divagate [v] - See also: divagate
Lexicographical Neighbors of Divagated
Literary usage of Divagated
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Short History of Freethought, Ancient and Modern by John Mackinnon Robertson (1915)
"... and heat and cold to the formative and material "principles " of his predecessors ;
and where he divagated weaker minds could not but lose themselves. ..."
2. A History of German Literature by Calvin Thomas (1909)
"He began to study the Scriptures in Greek and Hebrew, divagated thence into Greek
poetry and philosophy, delved into Arabic ..."
3. English Literature in the Nineteenth Century: An Essay in Criticism by Laurie Magnus (1909)
"Ruskin fulminated, divagated, exaggerated. He was in places too simple and
unworldly, and in places too prone to sophistication. ..."
4. Letters of Field-Marshal Count Helmuth Von Moltke to His Mother and His Brothers by Helmuth Moltke, Clara Bell, Henry William Fischer (1892)
"Then, while the young Count divagated on the piano, in fugues, chorales, and
contrapuntal variations, I patiently awaited the advent of the ladies with ..."
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