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digress

English

Etymology

From Latin digressum, past participle of digredi.

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: di?gress
IPA^(key): /da?????s/, /d?????s/
Rhymes: -?s

Verb

digress (third-person singular simple present digresses, present participle digressing, simple past and past participle digressed)

(intransitive) 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.
- 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.
(intransitive) To turn aside from the right path; to transgress; to offend.
- 1623, William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of King Richard the Second, Act 5 Scene 3
  Thy overflow of good converts to bad;
  And thy abundant goodness shall excuse
  This deadly blot in thy digressing son.

Usage notes

Often heard in the set phrase But I digress, where the word behaves as a stative verb, whereas it otherwise patterns as a dynamic verb.

Synonyms

(turn from the course of argument): sidetrack

Related terms

digression
digressive
excursive

Translations

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degress

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