English - Etymology

From Latin aberrātus, perfect passive participle of aberrō (“wander, stray or deviate from”), formed from ab (“from, away from”) + errō (“stray”).

English - Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈæb.ə.ɹeɪt/

English - Verb

aberrate (third-person singular simple present aberrates, present participle aberrating, simple past and past participle aberrated)

1. (intransitive) To go astray; to diverge; to deviate (from); deviate from. [mid 18the century]
   • (Can we date this quote?) De Quincey

     Their own defective and aberrating vision.

2. (transitive) To distort; to cause aberration of. [late 19th century]

Usage notes

• The transitive sense is chiefly used in the past tense (as aberrated).

Related terms

• aberr
• aberrance
• aberrant
• aberration

Translations

English - References

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Lesley Brown (editor), The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th edition (Oxford University Press, 2003 [1933], ISBN 978-0-19-860575-7), page 4

Italian - Verb

aberrate

1. second-person plural present indicative of aberrare
2. second-person plural imperative of aberrare
3. feminine plural of aberrato

Latin - Verb

aberrāte

1. first-person plural present active imperative of aberrō

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