divaricate
English
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)
- (transitive, intransitive) To spread apart; to (cause to) diverge or branch off.
Italian
Verb
divaricate
- second-person plural present indicative of divaricare
- second-person plural imperative of divaricare
- feminine plural of divaricato
Latin
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