DIVARICATE

divaricate. Divaricate, v. to divide, separate

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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. 1. To part into two branches; to become bifid; to fork.
2. 2. To diverge; to be divaricate. Woodward.