† desvoyv.
Obsolete. rare.
intransitive. To go out of the way, to deviate.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > change of direction of movement > change direction of movement [verb (intransitive)] > diverge from course
bowa1000
swervec1330
wrya1350
crookc1380
to turn asidea1382
depart1393
decline14..
wryc1400
divert1430
desvoy1481
wave1548
digress1552
prevaricate1582
yaw1584
to turn off1605
to come off1626
deviate1635
sag1639
to flinch out1642
deflect1646
de-err1657
break1678
verge1693
sheera1704
to break off1725
lean1894
1481 W. Caxton tr. Myrrour of Worlde iii. xiv. 166 By which they desuoy and goo out of the waye.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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v.1481- to be shot between wind and water
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- to be shot on the post
- to be shot out
- to be sick of that record
- to be sinking
- to be skewed
- to be skin and bone
- to be skin and bones
- to be slain in the spirit
- to be slow off the mark
- to be small matter
- to be smart
- to be so bold
- to be so kind as to do something
- to be so kind kind enough to do something
- to be so minded
- to be so —— it isn't funny
- to be so —— it isn't true
- to be soft on
- to be someone's huckleberry
- to be something to
- to be soppy on
- to be sorely put to it
- to be sound on