Found 2 items, similar to Divaricate.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: divaricate
divaricate
v 1: branch off;
“The road divaricates here”
2: spread apart;
“divaricate one's fingers”
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Divaricate
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.
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2. To diverge; to be divaricate. --Woodward.
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Divaricate
\Di*var"i*cate\, v. t.
To divide into two branches; to cause to branch apart.
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Divaricate
\Di*var"i*cate\, a. [L. divaricatus, p. p.]
1. Diverging; spreading asunder; widely diverging.
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2. (Biol.) Forking and diverging; widely diverging; as the
branches of a tree, or as lines of sculpture, or color
markings on animals, etc.
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