"divaricate" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /daɪˈvæɹɪkeɪt/ Forms: more divaricate [comparative], most divaricate [superlative]
Etymology: Latin divaricat-, past participle stem of divaricare, from di- + varicare (“stretch (the legs) apart”), from varicus (“straddling”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|divaricat-}} Latin divaricat- Head templates: {{en-adj}} divaricate (comparative more divaricate, superlative most divaricate)
  1. (botany) Having wide angles between the branches. Categories (topical): Botany Derived forms: divaricately
    Sense id: en-divaricate-en-adj-7b4JpWqw Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 54 Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences

Verb

IPA: /daɪˈvæɹɪkeɪt/ Forms: divaricates [present, singular, third-person], divaricating [participle, present], divaricated [participle, past], divaricated [past]
Etymology: Latin divaricat-, past participle stem of divaricare, from di- + varicare (“stretch (the legs) apart”), from varicus (“straddling”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|divaricat-}} Latin divaricat- Head templates: {{en-verb}} divaricate (third-person singular simple present divaricates, present participle divaricating, simple past and past participle divaricated)
  1. (transitive, intransitive) To spread apart; to (cause to) diverge or branch off. Tags: intransitive, transitive Derived forms: divaricatingly
    Sense id: en-divaricate-en-verb-8DNaAEW~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 54 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 40 60

Inflected forms

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