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.

2. To diverge; to be divaricate. Woodward.

Di*var"i*cate, v. t. To divide into two branches; to cause to branch apart.

Di*var"i*cate (?), a. [L. divaricatus, p. p.] 1. Diverging; spreading asunder; widely diverging.

2. (Biol.) Forking and diverging; widely diverging; as the branches of a tree, or as lines of sculpture, or color markings on animals, etc.

• to spread apart; to diverge, to branch off