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Webster 1913 Edition
Divaricate
Di-var′i-cate
,Verb.
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
,Verb.
T.
To divide into two branches; to cause to branch apart.
Di-var′i-cate
,Adj.
[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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Divaricate
DIVARICATE
,Verb.
I.
DIVARICATE
,Verb.
T.
DIVARICATE
,Adj.
Definition 2024
divaricate
divaricate
English
Verb
divaricate (third-person singular simple present divaricates, present participle divaricating, simple past and past participle divaricated)
- to spread apart; to diverge, to branch off
Adjective
divaricate (comparative more divaricate, superlative most divaricate)
- With wide angles between branches.
Italian
Verb
divaricate
- second-person plural present indicative of divaricare
- second-person plural imperative of divaricare
- feminine plural of divaricato