DEVEX
De*vex", n.
Defn: Devexity. [Obs.] May (Lucan).
DEVEXITY
De*vex"i*ty, n. Etym: [L. devexitas, fr. devexus. See Devex, a.]
Defn: A bending downward; a sloping; incurvation downward; declivity.
[R.] Davies (Wit's Pilgr.)
DEVI
De"vi, n.
Defn: ; fem. of Deva. A goddess.
DEVIANT
De"vi*ant, a.
Defn: Deviating. [Obs.]
DEVIATE
De"vi*ate, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Deviated; p. pr. & vb. n. Deviating.]
Etym: [L. deviare to deviate; de + viare to go, travel, via way. See
Viaduct.]
Defn: To go out of the way; to turn aside from a course or a method; to stray or go astray; to err; to digress; to diverge; to vary. Thus Pegasus, a nearer way to take, May boldly deviate from the common track. Pope.