Digress: alternatives and connections

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.

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To turn aside; to turn off from any course or intended application; to deflect; as, to divert a river from its channel; to divert commerce from its u…

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To mention one by one, or piece by piece; to recount; to enumerate; to reckon; to number; to count; as, to tell money.

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On, or to, one side; out of a straight line, course, or direction; at a little distance from the rest; out of the way; apart.

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On, or to, one side; out of a straight line, course, or direction; at a little distance from the rest; out of the way; apart.

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The act of turning aside, or state of being turned aside; a turning from a right line or proper course; a bending, esp. downward; deviation.

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The act of turning aside, or state of being turned aside; a turning from a right line or proper course; a bending, esp. downward; deviation.

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Departing from the main subject; partaking of the nature of digression.

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Departing from the main subject; partaking of the nature of digression.

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To part; to divide; to separate.

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To wander from the direct course or way; to rove; to stray; to wander from the line of march or desert the line of battle; as, when troops are on the…

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To wander, as from a direct course; to deviate, or go out of the way.

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To ramble here and there without any certain course or with no definite object in view; to range about; to stroll; to rove; as, to wander over the fi…

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