| v. i. | 1. | To part into two branches; to become bifid; to fork. |
| 2. | To diverge; to be divaricate. | |
| v. t. | 1. | To divide into two branches; to cause to branch apart. |
| a. | 1. | Diverging; spreading asunder; widely diverging. |
| 2. | (Biol.) Forking and diverging; widely diverging; as the branches of a tree, or as lines of sculpture, or color markings on animals, etc. |
| Verb | 1. | divaricate - branch off; "The road divaricates here" |
| 2. | divaricate - spread apart; "divaricate one's fingers" |
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