DEVIATORY

Etymology

Adjective

deviatory (comparative more deviatory, superlative most deviatory)

Tending to deviate.

And I do not question but to satisfie your Scruples, and remove your Prejudices about the Deviatory Motion of the Atoms, the Bigness of the Sun, and the reasonableness of the Improvements made by Epicurus upon Democritus.

Source: Wiktionary


De"vi*a*to*ry, a.

Definition: Tending to deviate; devious; as, deviatory motion. [R.] Tully.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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