1. to wander or stray from a direct course or topic; to digress
Usage: formal; literary

Examples

• The speaker divagated from the main argument several times during the lecture.
• His thoughts divagated as he sat alone in the quiet library.
• The author divagated into personal anecdotes that distracted from the narrative.
• During the meeting, the discussion divagated into unrelated topics.
• She divagated from the hiking trail and got temporarily lost in the woods.
• The professor divagated so much that students lost track of the original point.