'Divaricate' definitions:

Definition of 'divaricate'

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verb
Branch off; "The road divaricates here"
verb
Spread apart; "divaricate one's fingers"

Definition of 'Divaricate'

From: GCIDE
  • Divaricate \Di*var"i*cate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Divaricated; p. pr. & vb. n. Divaricating.] [L. divaricatus, p. p. of divaricare to stretch apart; di- = dis- + varicare to straddle, fr. varicus straddling, fr. varus stretched outwards.]
  • 1. To part into two branches; to become bifid; to fork. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To diverge; to be divaricate. --Woodward. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Divaricate'

From: GCIDE
  • Divaricate \Di*var"i*cate\, v. t. To divide into two branches; to cause to branch apart. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Divaricate'

From: GCIDE
  • Divaricate \Di*var"i*cate\, a. [L. divaricatus, p. p.]
  • 1. Diverging; spreading asunder; widely diverging. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. (Biol.) Forking and diverging; widely diverging; as the branches of a tree, or as lines of sculpture, or color markings on animals, etc. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'divaricate'

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