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Definitions for: Divaricate
[v] spread apart; "divaricate one's fingers"
[v] branch off; "The road divaricates here"
Webster (1913) Definition: 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.
2. To diverge; to be divaricate. --Woodward.
Di*var"i*cate, v. t.
To divide into two branches; to cause to branch apart.
Di*var"i*cate, a. [L. divaricatus, p. p.]
1. Diverging; spreading asunder; widely diverging.
2. (Biol.) Forking and diverging; widely diverging; as the
branches of a tree, or as lines of sculpture, or color
markings on animals, etc.
See Also: diverge, open, spread, spread out, unfold
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