Divaricate

[dai'værikeit]

Definition

(verb.) spread apart; 'divaricate one's fingers'.

(verb.) branch off; 'The road divaricates here'.

Edited by Jeremy--From WordNet

Definition

(v. i.) To part into two branches; to become bifid; to fork.

(v. i.) To diverge; to be divaricate.

(v. t.) To divide into two branches; to cause to branch apart.

(a.) Diverging; spreading asunder; widely diverging.

(a.) Forking and diverging; widely diverging; as the branches of a tree, or as lines of sculpture, or color markings on animals, etc.

Editor: Margaret

Synonyms and Synonymous

v. n. Diverge, part, fork, separate into two, open wide, branch off, spread asunder.

Inputed by Ethel

Definition

v.i. to part into two branches to fork: to diverge.—v.t. to divide into two branches.—adj. widely divergent spreading apart.—n. Divaricā′tion.

Typist: Shane