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di·var·i·cate

D0300900 (dī-văr′ĭ-kāt′, dĭ-)intr.v. di·var·i·cat·ed, di·var·i·cat·ing, di·var·i·cates To diverge at a wide angle; spread apart.adj. (dī-văr′ə-kĭt, -kāt′, dĭ-)1. Biology Branching or spreading widely from a point or axis, as the branches of a tree or shrub; diverging.2. Relating to a separation of two bones normally adjacent or attached but not located in a joint; distatic.
[Latin dīvāricāre, dīvāricāt- : dī, dis-, dis- + vāricāre, to straddle (from vārus, bent).]
di·var′i·cate′ly adv.