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Verbs

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divaricate


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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.

USAGE:

“After a 3,000-mile journey across five national borders, [Mekong], the mother of rivers divaricates into a complex delta network.”
Ben Mauk; The Floating World; The New York Times Magazine; Apr 1, 2018.

See more usage examples of divaricate in Vocabulary.com’s dictionary.

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