divaricate

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Scrabble points
16
Words With Friends
18
Letters
10
Pronunciation
/daɪˈvæɹɪkeɪt/

Definition of divaricate

2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. (ambitransitive)To spread apart; to (cause to) diverge or branch off.
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verb

  1. (ambitransitive)To spread apart; to (cause to) diverge or branch off.

adj

  1. Having wide angles between the branches.

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Etymology

The verb is first attested in 1623, the adjective in 1788; borrowed from Latin dīvāricātus, perfect passive participle of dīvāricō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from dis- + vāricō (“to straddle, to stretch (the legs) apart”), from vāricus (“straddling”).

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