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单词 digress
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digressn.

Etymology: < Latin dīgressus departure, < participial stem of dīgredī : see digress v.
Obsolete.
= digression n. 2.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > [noun] > discursiveness or digression
digressionc1374
adigression1483
divagation1560
discursion1561
digress1598
discursation1618
excursiveness1753
discursativeness1819
discursiveness1819
digressiveness1877
1598 B. Yong tr. J. de Montemayor Diana 76 I thee espie Talking with other Shepherdesses, All is of feastes and brauerie, Who daunceth best, and like digresses.
1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. xi. 230 Nor let any censure this a digress from my History.
1679 T. Harby Key Sacred Script. i. 9 I am driven..here..to a brief Digress.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

digressv.

Brit. /dɪˈɡrɛs/, /dʌɪˈɡrɛs/, U.S. /daɪˈɡrɛs/
Forms: Also 1500s–1600s disgress.
Etymology: < Latin dīgress- participial stem of dīgredī to go aside, depart, < di- , dis- prefix 1a + gradī to step, walk, go.
1.
a. intransitive. To go aside or depart from the course or track; to diverge, deviate, swerve.
ΘΚΠ
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
society > travel > aspects of travel > travel in specific course or direction > direct one's course [verb (intransitive)] > change course or turn off > diverge from direct course
swervec1330
digress1552
stray1561
deviate1635
slant1702
diverge1856
excurse1891
1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Digresse or go a little out of the pathe, digredior.
1582 N. Lichefield tr. F. L. de Castanheda 1st Bk. Hist. Discouerie E. Indias 65 b It was not vnpossible but that they might somewhat digresse from their right course.
1603 T. Dekker et al. Patient Grissill sig. C2v I must disgresse from this bias, and leaue you.
1649 tr. Alcoran 86 God..punisheth them that digresse from the right path.
1750 S. Johnson Rambler No. 25. ⁋11 Frighted from digressing into new tracts of learning.
1825 C. Lamb in London Mag. May 71 I find myself..in Bond-street..I digress into Soho, to explore a book-stall.
b. Astronomy. Cf. digression n. 3. Obsolete.
ΚΠ
1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 12 Shee (Venus) beginnes to digresse in latitude and to diminish her motion from the morn rising: but to be retrograde, and withall to digresse in altitude from the euening station.
2. figurative. To depart or deviate (from a course, mode of action, rule, standard, etc.); to diverge. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > relationship > difference > be different [verb (intransitive)] > deviate or diverge from a standard, rule, etc.
digress1571
run1765
1571 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Psalmes of Dauid with Comm. (lxxi. 16) As the other translation agreeth very well, I would not digresse from it.
1599 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet iii. iii. 126 Thy Noble shape is but a forme of waxe, Digressing from the valour of a man. View more context for this quotation
1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 25 Digresse good sir from such lewd songs.
1611 Abp. J. Ussher in J. Gutch Collectanea Curiosa (1781) I. 39 The subjects rebelled, and digressed from their allegiance.
3.
a. To diverge from the right path, to transgress. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > [verb (intransitive)]
guiltc825
misdoOE
misfereOE
misnimc1225
trespass1303
forfeita1325
misguiltc1330
misworka1375
transverse1377
offendc1384
mistakec1390
faulta1400
commit1449
misprize1485
digress1541
transgress1662
society > morality > moral evil > wrong conduct > evildoing or wrongdoing > do evil or wrong [verb (intransitive)] > transgress or offend
guiltc825
sinc825
to break a bruchec1225
trespass1303
forfeita1325
folly1357
misworka1375
transverse1377
offendc1384
mistakec1390
faulta1400
commit1449
misprize1485
transgress1526
digress1541
misdeal1573
to commit (also do, make) an offence1841
overstep1931
1541 [see digressing n. and adj. at Derivatives]. 1597 [see digressing n. and adj. at Derivatives].
1640 G. Watts tr. F. Bacon Of Advancem. Learning vii. iii. 362 So man, while he aspired to be like God in Knowledge, digressed and fell.
b. transitive. To transgress. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > speech > agreement > observance > non-observance or breach > fail to observe [verb (transitive)]
breakOE
to-breaka1067
false1303
forleta1325
loosec1400
to fall from ——a1425
renouncec1450
violate?a1475
enfrain1477
failc1500
falsify1532
transverse1532
infringe1533
crack1576
recess1581
recant1585
digress1592
strain1592
burst1600
equivocate1629
falsy1629
forfeit1654
to break through1712
infract1798
waive1833
welsh1925
1592 W. Wyrley Lord Chandos in True Vse Armorie 56 Faire points of honor I would not disgresse.
4. intransitive. To deviate from the subject in discourse or writing. (Now the most frequent sense.)
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > be copious [verb (intransitive)] > digress
overleapc1400
to cast, fet, fetch, go, take a compass?a1500
digress1530
traverse1530
decline?1543
square1567
rovea1575
deviate1638
to step aside1653
swerve1658
to sally out1660
transgress1662
to run off1687
canceleera1697
cantona1734
excurse1748
to travel out of the record1770
divagate1852
desult1872
sidetrack1893
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 516/1 I dygresse from my mater and talke of a thyng that nothynge belongeth therunto.
1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde i. ii. f. 8 To returne to the matter from which we haue digressed.
1597 T. Morley Plaine & Easie Introd. Musicke 74 Let vs come againe to our example from which wee haue much disgressed.
1682 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Rights Princes (new ed.) viii. 292 I shall not digress to give any account of these.
1729 J. Swift Modest Proposal 11 I have too long degressed, and therefore shall return to my subject.
1752 S. Johnson Rambler No. 200. ⁋10 While we were conversing upon such subjects..he frequently digressed into directions to the servant.
1813 W. Taylor in Ann. Rev. 1 374 Mr. P. digresses on the subject of parliamentary reform.
1870 F. W. Farrar Families of Speech iii. 134 I will not here digress into the interesting question as to the origin of writing.

Derivatives

diˈgressing n. and adj.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > [noun]
unrightOE
witec1175
misbodea1200
misguiltc1200
misdoinga1225
miss?c1225
trespassinga1340
forfeiturec1380
offensiona1382
crimec1384
abusion?1387
evil-doing1398
mistakinga1400
offendinga1425
transgression1426
wrongingc1449
digression1517
digressinga1535
transgressing1535
swerving1545
misdealing1571
transgress1578
misfaring1595
misacting1651
malpractice1739
malfeasance1856
wrongdoing1874
miscreance1972
the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > [adjective]
misfaringc1300
fayllarda1325
wronga1382
wrongfulc1384
misdoinga1398
misdeedya1400
wrongdoingc1400
digressinga1535
transgressing1535
offending1552
exorbitant1556
offensive1595
transgressive1646
maleficent1760
transgredient1837
society > morality > moral evil > wrong conduct > evildoing or wrongdoing > [noun] > transgression or offending
witec1175
trespassinga1340
forfeiturec1380
offensiona1382
prevaricationc1384
offendinga1425
transgression1426
defencea1450
digression1517
digressinga1535
transgressing1535
transgress1578
misfaring1595
overloup1827
society > morality > moral evil > wrong conduct > evildoing or wrongdoing > [adjective] > transgressing or offending
misfaringc1300
fayllarda1325
wrongfulc1384
digressinga1535
offending1552
offensive1595
peccant1604
sinning1610
transgressinga1812
transgredient1837
society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > [adjective] > discursive or digressive
digressinga1535
exorbitant1534
discursive1598
solute1605
digressive?1611
excursive1673
rimble-ramble1690
land-loping1694
digressionary1741
parenthetic1782
uncentral1782
digressional1785
parenthetical1814
discursative1819
discursory1830
episodic1867
winding1887
a1535 T. More Dialoge of Comfort (1553) ii. xvii. sig. L.iiv Were it properli pertaining to the presente matter, or somewhat disgressing therfro.
1541 Act 33 Hen. VIII in R. Bolton Statutes Ireland (1621) 218 Albeit that upon any disloyaltie or disgressing contrary to the duety of a subject.
1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II v. iii. 64 This deadly blot in thy digressing sonne. View more context for this quotation
diˈgressingly adv.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > [adverb] > discursively or digressively
discursively1640
ramblinglya1641
digressively1731
digressingly1864
1864 Q. Rev. 116 168 The sarcophagus on which appears the incident we have thus digressingly analysed.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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