Definition of divaricate Divaricate
di•var•i•cate
We found 10 definitions of divaricate from 5 different sources.
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What does divaricate mean?
WordNet
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| divaricate - spread apart; "divaricate one's fingers" | ||
| unfold, spread out, spread, open spread out or open from a closed or folded state; "open the map"; "spread your arms" | ||
| divaricate - branch off; "The road divaricates here" | ||
| diverge move or draw apart; "The two paths diverge here" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- divaricate (Verb)
To spread apart; to diverge, to branch off.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- divaricate (v. i.)
To part into two branches; to become bifid; to fork. - divaricate (v. i.)
To diverge; to be divaricate. - divaricate (v. t.)
To divide into two branches; to cause to branch apart. - divaricate (a.)
Diverging; spreading asunder; widely diverging. - divaricate (a.)
Forking and diverging; widely diverging; as the branches of a tree, or as lines of sculpture, or color markings on animals, etc.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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divaricate
dī-var′i-kāt, v.i. to part into two branches, to fork: to diverge.—v.t. to divide into two branches.—adj. widely divergent, spreading apart.—n. Divaricā′tion. [L. divaricāre, -ātum—dis, asunder, varicāre, to spread the legs—varus, bent apart.]
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🔤- divaricate, verb, present, 1st person singular of divaricate (infinitive).
- divaricate, verb (infinitive).
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