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   divaricate

   /dʌɪˈvarɪkeɪt/

   verb

   • 1. stretch or spread apart; diverge widely: technical, literary "her crow's feet are divaricating like deltas"

   adjective

   • 1. (of a branch) coming off the stem almost at a right angle.

   Word Origin early 17th century: from Latin divaricat- ‘stretched apart’, from the verb divaricare, from di- (expressing intensive force) + varicare ‘stretch the legs apart’ (from varicus ‘straddling’).

   Derivatives

   • 1. divarication noun

   Scrabble Points: 16

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