divaricate
/daɪˈvæɹɪkeɪt/
divaricate verb: to spread apart; to (cause to) diverge or branch off.
Verb
divaricate (third-person singular simple present divaricates, present participle divaricating, simple past and past participle divaricated)
- To spread apart; to (cause to) diverge or branch off.
Adjective
divaricate (comparative more divaricate, superlative most divaricate)
- Having wide angles between the branches.
divaricate meaning in Urdu, Bengali and Kannada
divaricate in Urdu
- پھیلنا, شاخیں پھوٹنا
divaricate in Bengali
- আলাদা হয়ে ছড়িয়ে পড়া
divaricate in Kannada
- ಕವಲೊಡೆ, ಶಾಖೆಯಾಗು, ಗೆಲ್ಲೊಡೆ
Forms of divaricate
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | divaricates |
| present participle | divaricating |
| past participle | divaricated |
| past | divaricated |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | more divaricate |
| superlative | most divaricate |
Origin of divaricate
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”).
Words formed from divaricate
Questions about divaricate
- What does divaricate mean?
- Divaricate means to spread apart; to (cause to) diverge or branch off.
- What is divaricate in Urdu?
- Divaricate in Urdu is پھیلنا, شاخیں پھوٹنا. See Divaricate meaning in Urdu.
- What part of speech is divaricate?
- Divaricate can be a verb or an adjective.
- How do you pronounce divaricate?
- Divaricate is pronounced /daɪˈvæɹɪkeɪt/.
- What is the past tense of divaricate?
- The past tense of divaricate is divaricated.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: divaricate (page history and authors); divaricate (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); divaricate (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); divaricate (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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