divaricate
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We divaricate so much, as Dr Johnson said.
From James Boswell Famous Scots Series by Leask, W. Keith (William Keith)
While they run on together, the closest translation may be considered as the best; but when they divaricate, each must take its natural course.
From Lives of the Poets, Volume 1 by Johnson, Samuel
Stems are many, tufted, slender, creeping and rooting, or ascending and suberect, simple or branched, 6 to 20 inches long and leafy and leaves bifarious and divaricate.
From A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses by Rangachari, K.
Parasitic upon Polyzoa, etc. circinate branched--branches irregular divaricate.
V. diverge, divaricate, radiate; ramify; branch off, glance off, file off; fly off, fly off at a tangent; spread, scatter, disperse &c.
From Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Roget, Peter Mark