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Divaricate Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Divaricate? [v] spread apart; "divaricate one's fingers" [v] branch off; "The road divaricates here" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Divaricate: Related Terms \| Find terms related to Divaricate: aberrate \| be distinct \| be distinguished \| bear off \| bend \| bifurcate \| branch \| branch off \| branch out \| break up \| broach \| capricious \| centrifugal \| change the bearing \| changeable \| changing \| chink \| choppy \| clash with \| cleave \| conflict with \| contrast with \| crack \| crevasse \| curve \| cut \| cut open \| deltalike \| delta-shaped \| deltoid \| depart from \| deploy \| detour \| deviate \| deviate from \| deviating \| deviative \| deviatory \| differ \| different \| differentiate \| digress \| disaccord with \| disagree with \| disorderly \| dispart \| dissent \| disunify \| divagate \| divaricate from \| divaricating \| diverge \| diverge from \| divergent \| diverging \| diversified \| diversiform \| diversify \| divide \| erose \| erratic \| fan out \| fanlike \| fan-shaped \| fissure \| fly open \| fork \| furcate \| go away \| go off \| heel \| impulsive \| incise \| inconsistent \| inconstant \| irregular \| jagged \| jar with \| jerky \| lay open \| mercurial \| motley \| mutable \| nonconformist \| nonstandard \| nonuniform \| not accord with \| not square with \| ope \| open \| open up \| outspread \| palmate \| palmated \| part \| pluralistic \| ragged \| ramify \| relieve \| rent \| rift \| rip \| rive \| rough \| separate \| sheer \| shift \| slit \| spasmodic \| splay \| splayed \| split \| sporadic \| spread \| spread out \| spring open \| stand apart \| stand over against \| stem \| swerve \| swing open \| tack \| tap \| tear \| tear open \| throw open \| trend \| trifurcate \| turn \| turn aside \| unequable \| unequal \| uneven \| unorthodox \| unstable \| unsteady \| unsystematic \| ununiform \| variable \| variate \| variegate \| variegated \| variform \| various \| vary \| varying \| veer \| wavering See Also \| diverge \| open \| spread \| spread out \| unfold Divaricate In Webster's Dictionary \Divar"icate\, 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. \Divar"icate\, v. t. To divide into two branches; to cause to branch apart. \Divar"icate\, 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.

Divaricate Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Divaricate?

[v] spread apart; "divaricate one's fingers"
[v] branch off; "The road divaricates here"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Divaricate:

Divaricate In Webster's Dictionary

\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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