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Aberrate

Aberrate Meaning & Definition
Aberrate Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Aberrate?

[v] diverge or deviate from the straight path; produce aberration, as in optics; "The surfaces of the concave lens may be proportioned so as to aberrate exactly equal to the convex lens"
[v] diverge from the expected; "The President aberrated from being a perfect gentleman"

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See Also | depart | deviate | diverge | vary

Aberrate In Webster's Dictionary

\Ab"er*rate\, v. i. [L. aberratus, p. pr. of aberrare; ab + errare to wander. See {Err}.] To go astray; to diverge. [R.] Their own defective and aberrating vision. --De Quincey.

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