Meaning of DIVARICATE
| Pronunciation: | | [adj]dI'varukit, [v]dI'varu`keyt, dI'varee`keyt
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- [v] spread apart; "divaricate one's fingers"
- [v] branch off; "The road divaricates here"
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| | See Also: | | diverge, open, spread, spread out, unfold | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\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.
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| | Definition: | | Widely spreading. |
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