Divaricating

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.]
     1. To part into two branches; to become bifid; to fork.


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     2. To diverge; to be divaricate. --Woodward.
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