Digress

v. i. [imp. & p. p. DIGRESSED (-grĕst’); p. pr. & vb. n. DIGRESSING.] [Lat. digredi, digressus, from di, for dis, and gradĭ, to step, walk. See GRADE.] 1. To turn aside; to deviate; to wander; especially, to turn aside or wander from the main or proper subject of attention, or course of argument, in writing and speaking. In the pursuit of an argument there is hardly room to digress into a particular definition as often as a man varies the signification of any term. Locke. Let the student of our history digress into whatever other fields he will. J. Stephens. 2. To turn aside from the right path; to transgress; to offend. *Thy abundant goodness shall excuse This deadly blot on thy digressing son. Shak.* Syn.—To deviate; wander; expatiate; amplify.

n. The same as DIGRESSION. [Obs.] “A digress from my history.” Fuller.