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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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