English verb: aberrate | |||
| 1. | aberrate (stative) diverge from the expected | ||
| Samples | The President aberrated from being a perfect gentleman. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | depart, deviate, diverge, vary | ||
| 2. | aberrate (stative) diverge or deviate from the straight path; produce aberration | ||
| Samples | The surfaces of the concave lens may be proportioned so as to aberrate exactly equal to the convex lens. | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | depart, deviate, diverge, vary | ||
| Domain category | optics | ||