ABERRATE

aberrate

(verb) diverge or deviate from the straight path; produce aberration; “The surfaces of the concave lens may be proportioned so as to aberrate exactly equal to the convex lens”

aberrate

(verb) diverge from the expected; “The President aberrated from being a perfect gentleman”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Verb

aberrate (third-person singular simple present aberrates, present participle aberrating, simple past and past participle aberrated)

(intransitive) To go astray; to diverge; to deviate (from); deviate from. [mid 18th century]

(transitive) To distort; to cause aberration of. [late 19th century]

Usage notes

• The transitive sense is chiefly used in the past participle form (as aberrated).

Source: Wiktionary

Ab"er*rate, v.i. Etym: [L. aberratus, p.pr. of aberrare; ab + errare to wander. See Err.]

Definition: To go astray; to diverge. [R.] Their own defective and aberrating vision. De Quincey.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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