aberrate Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb diverge from the expected
    • The President aberrated from being a perfect gentleman
  2. verb diverge or deviate from the straight path; produce aberration
    • The surfaces of the concave lens may be proportioned so as to aberrate exactly equal to the convex lens

WordNet

Ab"er*rate intransitive verb
Etymology
L. aberratus, p.pr. of aberrare; ab + errare to wander. See Err.
Definitions
  1. To go astray; to diverge. R.
    Their own defective and aberrating vision. De Quincey.

Webster 1913