Both Uses of
deviate
in
Persuasion, by Jane Austen
- It was impossible for her to enter on such a subject; and yet, after a pause, feeling the necessity of speaking, and having not the smallest wish for a total change, she only deviated so far as to say— "You were a good while at Lyme, I think?"†
Chpt 20 *deviated = differed or changed
- Believe it to be most fervent, most undeviating, in F. W. "I must go, uncertain of my fate; but I shall return hither, or follow your party, as soon as possible.†
Chpt 23undeviating = not changing or differingstandard prefix: The prefix "un-" in undeviating means not and reverses the meaning of deviating. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.
Definition:
differ or change