Dictionary Check: aberrate

"aberrate" is a valid word!

Scrabble 10 points
Words with Friends 11 points

Definition

verb

diverge from the expected

Example: "The President aberrated from being a perfect gentleman"
verb

diverge or deviate from the straight path; produce aberration

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

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