Deviatory

adj

adj ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Tending to deviate.

    "And I do not question but to satisfie your Scruples, and remove your Prejudices about the Deviatory Motion of the Atoms, the Bigness of the Sun, and the reasonableness of the Improvements made by Epicurus upon Democritus."

Example

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"And I do not question but to satisfie your Scruples, and remove your Prejudices about the Deviatory Motion of the Atoms, the Bigness of the Sun, and the reasonableness of the Improvements made by Epicurus upon Democritus."

Etymology

From deviate + -ory.

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