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verb-intransitive. To diverge at a wide angle; spread apart.

adj. Biology Branching or spreading widely from a point or axis, as branches or on an insect's wings; diverging.

adj. Relating to a separation of two bones normally adjacent or attached but not located in a joint; distatic.

v. to spread apart; to diverge, to branch off

verb-intransitive. To part into two branches; to become bifid; to fork.

verb-intransitive. To diverge; to be divaricate.

v. To divide into two branches; to cause to branch apart.

adj. Diverging; spreading asunder; widely diverging.

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

To spread or move apart; branch off; turn away or aside; diverge: with from: as, to divaricate from the will of God.

Specifically

In botany and zoology, to branch off at an obtuse angle; diverge widely.

To divide into branches; cause to diverge or branch apart.

In botany, branching off, as from a stem or axis, at or almost at a right angle; widely divergent.

In zoology, divergent at any considerable angle; standing off or apart from one another; spreading away, as two parts of something; forked, or forficate: specifically applied to the wings of insects when they are incumbent on the body in repose, but spreading apart toward their tips.

v. branch off

v. spread apart

"To get up again, his most successful way was to make a run from behind and _divaricate_ on to the horse's tail, like a boy playing at leap-frog; but the beast was always frightened, and bolted before he was well on."

divaricated    divaricating   

diverge    open    unfold    spread out    spread   

diverge    diverging    branch