divaricate

Etymology

Latin divaricat-, past participle stem of divaricare, from di- + varicare (“stretch (the legs) apart”), from varicus (“straddling”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /daɪˈvæɹɪkeɪt/

Verb

divaricate (third-person singular simple present divaricates, present participle divaricating, simple past and past participle divaricated)

1. to spread apart; to diverge, to branch off

Adjective

divaricate (comparative more divaricate, superlative most divaricate)

1. With wide angles between branches.

Anagrams

• radicative

Verb

divaricate

1. second-person plural present indicative of divaricare
2. second-person plural imperative of divaricare
3. feminine plural of divaricato

Anagrams

• radicatevi
• recidivata

Verb

dīvāricāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of dīvāricō