What is a synonym for "swarve"?

Common synonyms include: yaw, aberrancy, aberration, about ship, about the bush, alter.

Swarve

//swɔː(ɹ)v// verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1
To swerve. UK, dialectal, obsolete
"I holde it meet that there were onelye sewerties taken of them , and one bounde for another , wherbye , if anye shall swarve , his sewerties shall for safegarde of ther bandes bringe hyme in , or seeke to serve upon him"
2
To climb. UK, dialectal, obsolete
"Feede your eyes (quod you) the reason from my wisdom swarveth, / I stared on you both, and yet my belly starveth."

Synonyms

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yaw aberrancy aberration about ship about the bush alter

Example

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"I holde it meet that there were onelye sewerties taken of them , and one bounde for another , wherbye , if anye shall swarve , his sewerties shall for safegarde of ther bandes bringe hyme in , or seeke to serve upon him"

Etymology

See swerve.

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