divaricate

Meaning

Verb

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

Adj

Having wide angles between the branches.

Synonyms

fork

branch

bifurcate

diffuse

disperse

disseminate

distribute

effuse

expand

extend

give forth

launch

propagate

ramify

roll

scatter

spill

splay

spread

straddle

stretch

stretch out

white out

unfold

unfurl

unroll

branch off

dispread

sow in

apply

divaricated

circularise

deploy

Translations

diverger

allargare

zich aftakken

ayrılık

ayrılmak

çatallanma

çatallanmak

fark

uyuşmazlık

yayılma

Pronounced as (IPA)

/daɪˈvæɹɪkeɪt/

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”).