'Divaricate' definitions:
Definition of 'divaricate'
From: WordNet
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'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- aberrate,
- be distinct,
- be distinguished,
- bear off,
- bend,
- bifurcate,
- branch,
- branch off,
- branch out,
- break up,
- broach,
- capricious,
- centrifugal,
- change the bearing,
- changeable,
- changing,
- chink,
- choppy,
- clash with,
- cleave,
- conflict with,
- contrast with,
- crack,
- crevasse,
- curve,
- cut,
- cut open,
- delta-shaped,
- deltalike,
- deltoid,
- depart from,
- deploy,
- detour,
- deviate,
- deviate from,
- deviating,
- deviative,
- deviatory,
- differ,
- different,
- differentiate,
- digress,
- disaccord with,
- disagree with,
- disorderly,
- dispart,
- dissent,
- disunify,
- divagate,
- divaricate from,
- divaricating,
- diverge,
- diverge from,
- divergent,
- diverging,
- diversified,
- diversiform,
- diversify,
- divide,
- erose,
- erratic,
- fan out,
- fan-shaped,
- fanlike,
- fissure,
- fly open,
- fork,
- furcate,
- go away,
- go off,
- heel,
- impulsive,
- incise,
- inconsistent,
- inconstant,
- irregular,
- jagged,
- jar with,
- jerky,
- lay open,
- mercurial,
- motley,
- mutable,
- nonconformist,
- nonstandard,
- nonuniform,
- not accord with,
- not square with,
- ope,
- open,
- open up,
- outspread,
- palmate,
- palmated,
- part,
- pluralistic,
- ragged,
- ramify,
- relieve,
- rent,
- rift,
- rip,
- rive,
- rough,
- separate,
- sheer,
- shift,
- slit,
- spasmodic,
- splay,
- splayed,
- split,
- sporadic,
- spread,
- spread out,
- spring open,
- stand apart,
- stand over against,
- stem,
- swerve,
- swing open,
- tack,
- tap,
- tear,
- tear open,
- throw open,
- trend,
- trifurcate,
- turn,
- turn aside,
- unequable,
- unequal,
- uneven,
- unorthodox,
- unstable,
- unsteady,
- unsystematic,
- ununiform,
- variable,
- variate,
- variegate,
- variegated,
- variform,
- various,
- vary,
- varying,
- veer,
- wavering