divaricate
English
editEtymology
editLatin divaricat-, past participle stem of divaricare, from di- + varicare (“stretch (the legs) apart”), from varicus (“straddling”).
Pronunciation
editVerb
editdivaricate (third-person singular simple present divaricates, present participle divaricating, simple past and past participle divaricated)
- (transitive, intransitive) To spread apart; to (cause to) diverge or branch off.
Adjective
editdivaricate (comparative more divaricate, superlative most divaricate)
- (botany) Having wide angles between the branches.
Anagrams
editItalian
editEtymology 1
editVerb
editdivaricate
- inflection of divaricare:
Etymology 2
editParticiple
editdivaricate f pl
Anagrams
editLatin
editVerb
editdīvāricāte
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