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Entry 5 senses · 3 variants Webster, 1913

Divaricate

· Di·var·i·cate · IPA /daɪˈvæɹɪkeɪt/
01 v. i. To part into two branches; to become bifid; to fork.
imp. & p. p. Divaricated; p. pr. & vb. n. Divaricating
  1. 1.
    To part into two branches; to become bifid; to fork.
  2. 2.
    To diverge; to be divaricate.
02 v. t. To divide into two branches; to cause to branch apart.
  1. 1.
    To divide into two branches; to cause to branch apart.
03 a. Diverging; spreading asunder; widely diverging.
  1. 1.
    Diverging; spreading asunder; widely diverging.
  2. 2.
    Forking and diverging; widely diverging; as the branches of a tree, or as lines of sculpture, or color markings on animals, etc.(Biol.)