About The Word Divaricate
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Divaricate
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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 \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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