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Deviate

//ˈdiː.vi.eɪt// adj, noun, verb

Adjective

1
deviant
"It's somewhat in vogue to give special attention and consideration to the alternative lifestyle, which five years ago we would have called the deviate lifestyle."

Adjective

Noun

1
A person with deviant behaviour; a deviant, degenerate or pervert.
"[…] Walton has suggested that it is desirable "to name the phenomena signs of deviation, and call their possessors deviates or a deviate as the case may be […]"
2
a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior wordnet
3
A value equal to the difference between a measured variable factor and a fixed or algorithmic reference value.
"It will be noted that for a deviate x = 1.5, the ordinate z will have the value .130 […]"

Verb

1
To go off course from; to change course; to change plans. intransitive
"These two circumstances, however, happening both unfortunately to intervene, our travellers deviated into a much less frequented track; and after riding full six miles, instead of arriving at the stately spires of Coventry, they found themselves still in a very dirty lane, where they saw no symptoms of approaching the suburbs of a large city."
2
turn aside; turn away from wordnet
3
To fall outside of, or part from, some norm; to stray. figuratively, intransitive
"His exhibition of nude paintings deviated from the norm."
4
cause to turn away from a previous or expected course wordnet
5
To cause to diverge. transitive

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Etymology 1

From Late Latin dēviātus, perfect passive participle of dēviō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix) for more. Compare French dévier.

Etymology 2

From a substantivation of Late Latin dēviātus, see Etymology 1 and -ate (noun-forming suffix) for more.

Etymology 3

From Late Latin dēviātus, see Etymology 1 and -ate (adjective-forming suffix) for more.

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