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digress

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di·gress  (d-grs, d-)
intr.v. di·gressed, di·gress·ing, di·gress·es
To turn aside, especially from the main subject in writing or speaking; stray. See Synonyms at swerve.

[Latin dgred, dgress- : d-, dis-, apart; see dis- + grad, to go; see ghredh- in Indo-European roots.]

digress
Verb
to depart from the main subject in speech or writing [Latin digressus turned aside]
digression n
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Verb1.digress - lose clarity or turn aside especially from the main subject of attention or course of argument in writing, thinking, or speaking; "She always digresses when telling a story"; "her mind wanders"; "Don't digress when you give a lecture"
tell - let something be known; "Tell them that you will be late"
2.digress - wander from a direct or straight course
deviate, divert - turn aside; turn away from

digress
verb wander, drift, stray, depart, ramble, meander, diverge, deviate, turn aside, be diffuse, expatiate, go off at a tangent, get off the point or subject
Translations
Spanish digress [daɪˈgrɛs] vi to digress from → apartarse de
French digress [daɪˈgrɛs] vi to digress from → s'écarter de, s'éloigner de
German digress [daɪˈgrɛs] vi to digress (from) → abschweifen (von)
Italian digress [daɪˈgrɛs] vi to digress from → divagare da

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Reader, I think proper, before we proceed any farther together, to acquaint thee that I intend to digress, through this whole history, as often as I see occasion, of which I am myself a better judge than any pitiful critic whatever; and here I must desire all those critics to mind their own business, and not to intermeddle with affairs or works which no ways concern them; for till they produce the authority by which they are constituted judges, I shall not plead to their jurisdiction.
By-and-by, when you've got a name, you can afford to digress, and have philosophical and metaphysical people in your novels," said Amy, who took a strictly practical view of the subject.
And here I will digress a moment to make a single remark on a subject of which popular feeling, in America, under the influence of popular habits, is apt to take an exparte view.
 
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