Deviate Definition

dēvē-āt

deviated, deviates, deviating

verb

deviated, deviates, deviating

To turn aside (from a course, direction, standard, doctrine, etc.); diverge; digress.

Webster's New World

To cause to deviate.

Webster's New World

To depart, as from a norm, purpose, or subject; differ or stray.

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noun

deviates

A deviant; esp., one whose sexual behavior is deviant.

Webster's New World

(statistics) A value equal to the difference between a measured variable factor and a fixed or algorithmic reference value.

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adjective

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Other Word Forms of Deviate

Singular:

deviate

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Late Latin dēviāre dēviāt- Latin dē- de- Latin via road wegh- in Indo-European roots

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Late Latin deviatus, past participle of deviare, from the phrase de via.

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