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 | ||