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swerve

SWERVE, v.i. swerv.

1. To wander; to rove.

The swerving vines on the tall elms prevail.

2. To wander from any line prescribed, or from a rule of duty; to depart from what is established by law, duty or custom; to deviate.

I swerve not from thy commandments.

They swerve from the strict letter of the law.

Many who, through the contagion of evil example, swerve exceedingly from the rules of their holy religion--

3. To bend; to incline.

4. To climb or move forward by winding or turning.

The tree was high,

Yet nimbly up from bough to bough I swerv'd.

[This use of the word coincides with that of swarm, which see.]


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SWERVE, v.i. swerv.

1. To wander; to rove.

The swerving vines on the tall elms prevail.

2. To wander from any line prescribed, or from a rule of duty; to depart from what is established by law, duty or custom; to deviate.

I swerve not from thy commandments.

They swerve from the strict letter of the law.

Many who, through the contagion of evil example, swerve exceedingly from the rules of their holy religion--

3. To bend; to incline.

4. To climb or move forward by winding or turning.

The tree was high,

Yet nimbly up from bough to bough I swerv'd.

[This use of the word coincides with that of swarm, which see.]

SWERVE, v.i. [swerv; D. zwerven, to swerve, to rove. In sense it coincides with the verb to swarm, and in German it is rendered schwärmen. It seems to be formed on warp, and all may spring from the root of veer. See Vary.]

  1. To wander; to rove. Sidney. The swerving vines on the tall elms prevail. – Dryden.
  2. To wander from any line prescribed, or from a rule of duty; to depart from what is established by law, duty, or custom; to deviate. I swerve not from thy commandments. – Com. Prayer. They swerve from the strict letter of the law. Clarendon. Many who, through the contagion of evil example, swerve exceedingly from the rules of their holy religion. – Atterbury.
  3. To bend; to incline.
  4. To climb or move forward by winding or turning. The tree was high, / Yet nimbly up from bough to bough I swerv'd. – Dryden. [This use of the word coincides with that of swarm, – which see.]

Swerve
  1. To stray; to wander; to rope.

    [Obs.]

    A maid thitherward did run,
    To catch her sparrow which from her did swerve.     Sir P. Sidney.

  2. To turn aside.

    Gauden.
  3. To go out of a straight line; to deflect.

    "The point [of the sword] swerved." Sir P. Sidney.
  4. To wander from any line prescribed, or from a rule or duty; to depart from what is established by law, duty, custom, or the like; to deviate.

    I swerve not from thy commandments. Bk. of Com. Prayer.

    They swerve from the strict letter of the law. Clarendon.

    Many who, through the contagion of evil example, swerve exceedingly from the rules of their holy religion. Atterbury.

  5. To bend; to incline.

    "The battle swerved." Milton.
  6. To climb or move upward by winding or turning.

    The tree was high;
    Yet nimbly up from bough to bough I swerved.     Dryden.

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Swerve

SWERVE, verb intransitive swerv.

1. To wander; to rove.

The swerving vines on the tall elms prevail.

2. To wander from any line prescribed, or from a rule of duty; to depart from what is established by law, duty or custom; to deviate.

I swerve not from thy commandments.

They swerve from the strict letter of the law.

Many who, through the contagion of evil example, swerve exceedingly from the rules of their holy religion--

3. To bend; to incline.

4. To climb or move forward by winding or turning.

The tree was high,

Yet nimbly up from bough to bough I swerv'd.

[This use of the word coincides with that of swarm, which see.]

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