What does "wander" mean?
Wander: He wandereth abroad for bread. Job xv.
Additional senses
- 2.2. To go away; to depart; to stray off; to deviate; to go astray; as, a writer wanders from his subject. When God caused me to wander from my father's house. Gen. xx.
- 3.O, let me not wander from thy commandments. Ps. cxix.
- 4.3. To be delirious; not to be under the guidance of reason; to rave; as, the mind wanders.
- 5.To travel over without a certain course; to traverse; to stroll through. [R.] "[Elijah] wandered this barren waste." Milton.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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