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   Wander (?), 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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   Wander, v. t. To travel over without a certain course; to traverse; to stroll through.  [R.] “[Elijah] wandered this barren waste.”  Milton.
   
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