| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | di·var·i·cate |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  d -v r  -k t , d- |
| INTRANSITIVE VERB: | Inflected forms: di·var·i·cat·ed, di·var·i·cat·ing, di·var·i·cates
To diverge at a wide angle; spread apart. | | ADJECTIVE: | (d-vr -kt, -kt, d-)1. Biology Branching or spreading widely from a point or axis, as branches or on an insect's wings; diverging. 2. Relating to a separation of two bones normally adjacent or attached but not located in a joint; distatic. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Latin dvricre, dvrict- : d, dis-, dis- + vricre, to straddle (from vrus, bent). | | OTHER FORMS: | di·vari·cately —ADVERB
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