(a) To go, depart; turn away, turn aside; also fig.; get up (out of bed); ~ aside (oute); (b) to stagger; move in a course which is not straight; of the lip of a wound: depart from a straight line; of the hand: be unsteady, swerve; ~ in line, of ropes: lose tautness, slacken; (c) of a sword, a blow from a sword: to glance, glance off; (d) to cause (the wits) to go astray; ~ awei, turn away (the countenance); ~ awei from, turn away (one's eye) from (sb.);~ from, guide (sb.) from (peril), direct away from; (e) to turn away from a course of action, a beloved object, etc.; ~ from, forsake (one's lady, service, love, etc.), desert; also, deviate from (one's truthfulness); ~ froward, turn away from (God).