- 2. Err, stray, swerve, wander, go astray, go out of one’s way, lose one’s way.
- 3. Differ, vary, diverge.
Deviate, v. a. Turn aside, cause to deviate.
Deviation, n.
- 1. Divergence, departure, depression, divarication, turning, aberration.
- 2. Difference, variation, variance, change, alteration.
- 3. Error, offence, iniquity, sin, obliquity of conduct.
Device, n.
- 1. Contrivance, invention, scheme, design, plan, project, expedient, shift, resort, resource.
- 2. Artifice, stratagem, wile, ruse, manœuvre, trick, fraud, evasion.
- 3. Design, fanciful conception, piece of fancy.
- 4. Emblem, symbol, type, sign, emblazoned bearing.
- 5. Motto, emblematic legend, legend.
Devil, n.
- 1. Satan, Luciter, Belial, Apollyon, Arch-fiend, Arch-enemy, the Tempter, Deuce, the Evil One, the Man
of Sin, the Wicked One, the Old Serpent, the Prince of Darkness, the Foul Fiend, the Enemy, the Adversary.
See apollyon.
- 2. Demon, evil spirit, goblin.
- 3. Printer’s devil, printer’s errand-boy.
Devil, v. a.
- 1. Make devilish or fiendish.
- 2. Spice excessively, make hot or burning with spices.