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aberrate, v.|ˈæbəreɪt|
[f. L. aberrāt- ppl. stem of aberrā-re: see aberr.]
To diverge or deviate from the straight path; to produce aberration, as in optics. Also fig.
1765Dollond Telescopes in Phil. Trans. LV. 55 The surfaces of the concave lens may be so proportioned as to aberrate exactly equal to the convex lens, near the axis. 1818Blackw. Mag. III. 274, I love occasionally to aberrate from routine. 1951W. Faulkner Requiem for Nun (1975) ii. iii. 202 The Governor..has got to try to act like he regrets having to aberrate from being a gentleman.
Hence ˈaberrated ppl. a. (chiefly U.S.), characterized by aberration; abnormal, distorted; mistaken.
1893F. Adams New Egypt ii. vii. 208 Men..could argue with him over what they took to be aberrated or mistaken points. 1970N.Y. Times Mag. 5 July 20/4 We've been living in a kind of aberrated period since World War II. 1976Sci. Amer. Aug. 81/2 A lens..converts a parallel beam of light into an intentionally distorted, or aberrated, wave front. 1982Washington Post 28 Jan. d7 DeJesus, a .193 hitter last, aberrated season. |