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aberrate

aber·rate

US/ˈæb.ə.ɹeɪt/ uncommon

verb

1.

diverge from the expected

  • “The President aberrated from being a perfect gentleman”
2.

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”

Origin

From Latin aberrātus, perfect passive participle of aberrō (“wander, stray or deviate from”), formed from ab (“from, away from”) + errō (“stray”).

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