| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. To deviate.
[Eve - graph theoretic] 2. To wander, meander or ramble.[Eve - graph theoretic] 3. Present participle conjugation of the verb digress.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (digress) | 1. Lose clarity or turn aside especially from the main subject of attention or course of argument in writing, thinking, or speaking; "She always digresses when telling a story"; "Don't digress when you give a lecture".[Wordnet]. 2. Wander from a direct or straight course.[Wordnet]. 3. To step or turn aside; to deviate; to swerve; especially, to turn aside from the main subject of attention, or course of argument, in writing or speaking.[Websters]. 4. To turn aside from the right path; to transgress; to offend.[Websters]. 5. To wander or derail.[Eve - graph theoretic] 6. Base verb from the following inflections: digressing, digressed, digresses, digresser, digressers, digressingly and digressedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
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Date "DIGRESSING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1595. (references) |
Specialty Definition: DIGRESSING
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Verb] Departing from the main subject. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | Top | ||
