The Collaborative International Dictionary
Divaricate \Di*var"i*cate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Divaricated; p. pr. & vb. n. Divaricating.] [L. divaricatus, p. p. of divaricare to stretch apart; di- = dis- + varicare to straddle, fr. varicus straddling, fr. varus stretched outwards.]
To part into two branches; to become bifid; to fork.
To diverge; to be divaricate.
--Woodward.
Wiktionary
spread-out, divergent, especially of a branch etc. which is at nearly ninety degrees to the main stem v
(en-past of: divaricate)
Usage examples of "divaricated".
The divaricated follicles of their coats provide good insulation, with a layer of trapped air next to the skin.
Even to sit where a woman has sat, especially with divaricated thighs, as though to grant the last favours, most especially with previously well uplifted white sateen coatpans.
The talk itself was far more desultory, and in consequence of questions, objections, and explanations, divaricated much from the comparatively direct line I have endeavoured to give it here.