Deviate

n. [Lat. devio, deviatam- de, and via, a way; It. deviare.] To go out of the way; to turn aside from the common or right way, course, or line; to stray from the path of duty; to wander; to swerve; to stay; to digre ; to deflect; to err. -v.a. To cause to deviate. Deviation, (de-ve-a's hun,) n. [Fr., from L. Lat.deviatio.] A wandering or turning a side from the right way, course, or line; variation from a common or established rule; want of conformity to the rules prescribed by God; error; sin; obliquity of conduct. (Mar. Law.) The voluntary divergence of a ship from its appointed and proper course, without paramount reason or nece ity. An act of D. by invalidating the policy of insurance, relieves the underwriters thereof from their responsibility in case of lo or damage resulting from such act of deviation. (Med.) A vicious curvature of the spine or other bones. - A faulty direction of the teeth or other parts.The pa age of blood, bile, urine, milk, ., into ve els not natural to them.