digress : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: digress	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for digress
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
digress v 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"; "her mind wanders"; "Don't digress when you give a lecture" Synonym(s): digress, stray, divagate, wander wander from a direct or straight course Synonym(s): sidetrack, depart, digress, straggle
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Digress \Di*gress"\, n. Digression. [Obs.] --Fuller.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Digress \Digress"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Digressed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Digressing}.] [L. digressus, p. p. of digredi to go apart, to deviate; di- = dis- + gradi to step, walk. See {Grade}.] 1. 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. Moreover she beginneth to digress* in latitude. --Holland. In the pursuit of an argument there is hardly room to digress into a particular definition as often as a man varies the signification of any term. --Locke. 2. To turn aside from the right path; to transgress; to offend. [R.] Thy abundant goodness shall excuse This deadly blot on thy digressing son. --Shak.