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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Divaricate \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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Divaricate \Di*var"i*cate\, v. t. To divide into two branches; to cause to branch apart. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Divaricate \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 From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: divaricate v 1: branch off "The road divaricates here" 2: spread apart; "divaricate one's fingers"
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