aberrate
1. [ verb ] diverge from the expected
Examples:

"The President aberrated from being a perfect gentleman"

Related terms: deviate aberrance
2. [ verb ] (optics) diverge or deviate from the straight path; produce aberration, as in optics
Examples:

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

Related terms: deviate optics aberrance
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