The Collaborative International Dictionary
Divaricating
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
divaricating
vb. (present participle of divaricate English)