EXORBITATE

EXORBITATE

VERB
1. to deviate from the usual path or course; to stray ...1600 obs. or arch.
2. of heavenly bodies: to deviate from the usual orbit;
to follow an erratic course ...1693 obs. or arch.
 
ETYMOLOGY
from Latin exorbitat- ppl. stem of exorbitare to go out of the track
 
FIRST DOCUMENTED USE
1600 - see EXAMPLE below
 
EXAMPLE (for vb. 1)
"...Whereas they and we are ready to exorbitate,
by looking on other men, he sendeth vs backe to our selues ..."
 
From: An exposition vpon the prophet Ionah Contained in certaine Sermons,
Preached in S. Maries church in Oxford
By: George Abbot, 1600
 
SOURCES
• A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles,
James Murray, 1887-1933
• The Century Dictionary and Encyclopedia,
William Dwight Whitney, 1889-1891
• A Complete and Universal Dictionary of the English Language,
​Rev. James Barclay, 1848