divaricate

== English == === 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”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /daɪˈvæɹɪkeɪt/ === Verb === divaricate (third-person singular simple present divaricates, present participle divaricating, simple past and past participle divaricated) (ambitransitive) To spread apart; to (cause to) diverge or branch off. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Adjective === divaricate (comparative more divaricate, superlative most divaricate) (botany) Having wide angles between the branches. ==== Derived terms ==== === Anagrams === radicative, vicariated == Italian == === Etymology 1 === ==== Verb ==== divaricate inflection of divaricare: second-person plural present indicative second-person plural imperative === Etymology 2 === ==== Participle ==== divaricate f pl feminine plural of divaricato === Anagrams === radicatevi, recidivata == Latin == === Verb === dīvāricāte second-person plural present active imperative of dīvāricō