Wandered

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Wander \Wan"der\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Wandered}; p. pr. & vb.
     n. {Wandering}.] [OE. wandren, wandrien, AS. wandrian; akin
     to G. wandern to wander; fr. AS. windan to turn. See {Wind}
     to turn.]
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     1. To ramble here and there without any certain course or


        with no definite object in view; to range about; to
        stroll; to rove; as, to wander over the fields.
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              They wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins.
                                                    --Heb. xi. 37.
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              He wandereth abroad for bread.        --Job xv. 23.
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     2. To go away; to depart; to stray off; to deviate; to go
        astray; as, a writer wanders from his subject.
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              When God caused me to wander from my father's house.
                                                    --Gen. xx. 13.
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              O, let me not wander from thy commandments. --Ps.
                                                    cxix. 10.
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     3. To be delirious; not to be under the guidance of reason;
        to rave; as, the mind wanders.
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     Syn: To roam; rove; range; stroll; gad; stray; straggly; err;
          swerve; deviate; depart.
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