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* V. dep. n. and a.
* Neutr., to wander forth, to roam about; to scatter or spread about, to extend (class.).
* Lit.: ne longius evagatae (incubantes gallinae) refrigerent ova,Col. 8, 5, 14: cappari evagatur per agros,Plin. 19, 8, 48, § 163: Nilus,id. 10, 33, 49, § 94: ignis ulterius,Dig. 9, 2, 30, § 3.
* Act., to stray beyond,to overstep any thing: ordinem,Hor. C. 4, 15, 10.
* Trop., to spread, extend, digress: qui appetitus longius evagantur, * Cic. Off. 1, 29, 102: late evagata est vis morbi,Liv. 3, 7 fin.: latissime evagandi sibi viam facere (exempla),Vell. 2, 3, 4: ne Demostheni permittant evagari,Quint. 3, 6, 3; so of wandering, digressing in speaking, id. 2, 4, 32; 3, 11, 25; of overstepping the limits of duty: procuratores,Spart. Hadr 3 § 9.—*

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