Deviate \De"vi*ate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Deviated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Deviating}.] [L. deviare to deviate; de + viare to go, travel, via way. See {Viaduct}.] 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.
Thus Pegasus, a nearer way to take, May boldly deviate from the common track. --Pope.
Syn: To swerve; stray; wander; digress; depart; deflect; err.
Deviate \De"vi*ate\, v. t. To cause to deviate. [R.]
To deviate a needle. --J. D. Forbes.
deviate \de"vi*ate\ (d[=e]"v[-e]*[i^]t), n. a person having behavior differing from that which is normal or socially acceptable; -- used especially to characterize persons whose sexual behavior is considered morally unacceptable.
Syn: deviant. [PJC]
deviate \de"vi*ate\ (d[=e]"v[-e]*[i^]t), a. having behavior differing from that which is normal or expected, especially in an undesirable or socially disapproved manner; as, deviate behavior.
Syn: deviant. [PJC]
Watch Ballesteros and Norman on the practice ground and they hit drives that do not deviate by more than 10 yards either left and right.
The bill, which the House County and Township Committee approved by a 5-3 vote on Thursday, calls for a convicted rapist, child molester or criminal deviate to be set free if after sentencing the person volunteers for surgical castration.
Liberals are not only not allowed to deviate from the claims of their most extreme members on any of these matters, they will be denounced or driven out if they do. And so Congress's hapless Democrats end up making a no-win defense of flag burners.
He said because of an agreement signed with Metropolitan officials late Tuesday, he was unable to deviate much from a prepared joint statement.
Both Indiana senators have met with the Bradley coalition but insist that they will not deviate from the current selection process, which they say is fair.
This was the procedure, and it did not deviate: Into an ornate, high-ceilinged room in the U.S. Embassy _ the very room where a victorious Gen.
Every day the vice president travels, his nationwide network of political operatives and surrogate campaigners knows exactly what his "line of the day" is, and they are instructed not to deviate from it.