divaricate
verb
di·var·i·cate dī-ˈver-ə-ˌkāt 
də,
-ˈva-rə-
divaricated; divaricating
transitive verb
: to spread apart : branch off : diverge
Word History
Etymology
Latin divaricatus, past participle of divaricare, from dis- + varicare to straddle — more at prevaricate
First Known Use
1673, in the meaning defined above
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- anthropopsychically
- anthropopsychism
- anthroposcopic
- anthroposcopically
- anthroposcopy
- anthroposere
- anthroposociology
- anthroposophic
- anthroposophical
- anthroposophies
- anthroposophist
- anthroposophy
- anthroposphere
- anthropotheism
- anthropotomical
- anthropotomist
- anthropotomy
- anthryl
- anthrylene
- anthurium
- anthuriums
- Anthus
- anthuses
- anthusses