DIVARICATE

PRONUNCIATION: (dy-VAR-uh-kayt, -kit for adjective)

MEANING: verb intr.: To branch off or diverge.
adjective: Branched off or diverging widely.

ETYMOLOGY: From Latin divaricare, from dis- (apart) + varicare (to straddle), from varicus (straddling). Earliest documented use: 1623.
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DIVARIATE - dependent on two and only two factors

DIVA, RICH, ATE - coloratura soprano with a lot of money went to dinner

DIVARICARE - Senator Divari's Universal Health Care proposal