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divaricator

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di⋅var⋅i⋅cate

  [v. dahy-var-i-keyt, di-; adj. dahy-var-uh-kit, -keyt, di-] verb, -cat⋅ed, -cat⋅ing, adjective
Use divaricator in a Sentence
–verb (used without object)
1. to spread apart; branch; diverge.
2. Botany, Zoology. to branch at a wide angle.
–adjective
3. spread apart; widely divergent.
4. Botany, Zoology. branching at a wide angle.
Origin:
1615–25; < L dīvāricātus (ptp. of dīvāricāre), equiv. to dī di- 2 + vāric- (base of vāricāre to straddle; see prevaricate ) + -ātus -ate 1

Related forms:
di⋅var⋅i⋅cate⋅ly, adverb
di⋅var⋅i⋅cat⋅ing⋅ly, adverb
di⋅var⋅i⋅ca⋅tion, noun
di⋅var⋅i⋅ca⋅tor, noun
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