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. [1913 Webster] 2. To diverge; to be divaricate. --Woodward. [1913 Webster] Divaricate \Di*var"i*cate\, v. t. To divide into two branches; to cause to branch apart. [1913 Webster] 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]