'Divaricating' definitions:
Definition of 'Divaricating'
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]