ABERRATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does aberrate mean? 

• ABERRATE (verb)
  The verb ABERRATE has 2 senses:

1. diverge from the expected

2. diverge or deviate from the straight path; produce aberration

  Familiarity information: ABERRATE used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ABERRATE (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Diverge from the expected

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Context example:

The President aberrated from being a perfect gentleman

Hypernyms (to "aberrate" is one way to...):

depart; deviate; diverge; vary (be at variance with; be out of line with)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

aberrance (a state or condition markedly different from the norm)

aberrant (one whose behavior departs substantially from the norm of a group)

aberration (a disorder in one's mental state)

aberration (a state or condition markedly different from the norm)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Diverge or deviate from the straight path; produce aberration

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Context example:

The surfaces of the concave lens may be proportioned so as to aberrate exactly equal to the convex lens

Hypernyms (to "aberrate" is one way to...):

depart; deviate; diverge; vary (be at variance with; be out of line with)

Domain category:

optics (the branch of physics that studies the physical properties of light)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Derivation:

aberrance (a state or condition markedly different from the norm)

aberration (an optical phenomenon resulting from the failure of a lens or mirror to produce a good image)

aberration (a state or condition markedly different from the norm)