intransitive verb, transitive verb divaricated, divaricating
Origin: < L divaricatus, pp. of divaricare, to spread apart < dis-, apart + varicare, to straddle: see prevaricate
adjective
See divaricate in American Heritage Dictionary 4
intransitive verb di·var·i·cat·ed, di·var·i·cat·ing, di·var·i·cates
Origin:
Origin: Latin dīvāricāre, dīvāricāt-
Origin: : dī, dis-, dis-
Origin: + vāricāre, to straddle (from vārus, bent)
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