1.  digress(v = verb.communication) divagate, stray, wander - lose clarity or turn aside especially from the main subject of attention or course of argument in writing, thinking, or speaking; "She always digresses when telling a story"; "her mind wanders"; "Don't digress when you give a lecture"
is one way to tell
Derived forms noun digression₂, noun digression₁, adjective digressive₂
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP

2.  digress(v = verb.motion) depart, sidetrack, straggle - wander from a direct or straight course;
is one way to deviate, divert
Derived form noun digression₃
Sample sentences: Something ----s; Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s PP

digress, v.intr. depart from the main subject temporarily in speech or writing.

Derivative:
digresser n. digression n. digressive adj. digressively adv. digressiveness n.

Etymology:
L digredi digress- (as DI-(2), gradi walk)

VB  be diffuse, run out on, descant, expatiate, enlarge, dilate, amplify, expand, inflate, launch out, branch out, rant, maunder, prose, harp upon, dwell on, insist upon, digress, ramble, battre la campagne, beat about the bush, perorate, spin a long yarn, protract, spin out, swell out, draw out, battologize.

VB  alter one's course, deviate, depart from, turn, trend, bend, curve, swerve, heel, bear off, gybe, wear, intervert, deflect, divert, divert from its course, put on a new scent, shift, shunt, draw aside, crook, warp, stray, straggle, sidle, diverge, tralineate, digress, wander, wind, twist, meander, veer, tack, divagate, sidetrack, turn aside, turn a corner, turn away from, wheel, steer clear of, ramble, rove, drift, go astray, go adrift, yaw, dodge, step aside, ease off, make way for, shy, fly off at a tangent, glance off, wheel about, face about, turn to the right about, face to the right about, waddle, go out of one's way, lose one's way.