Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for Swerve (-d, -s)
swerve (-d, -s), v. [OE 'to turn aside, to file, to scour, to creep, to wander, to hurry away, to wipe, to move, to stray'.]
- To change; course.
- To waver or move.
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