varicare — va·ri·cà·re v.tr. OB var. → 1valicare … Dizionario italiano
VARUS — I. VARUS Caesari, l. 1. Bell. Civ. c. extr. Strab. Plin. l. 3. c. 4. et al. le Var Gallis, il Varo Italis, fluvius Liguriam Italiae regionem a Gallia Narbonensi, sive a Provincia, separans, ex monte Cema profusus, in mare apud Nicaeam urbem,… … Hofmann J. Lexicon universale
valicare — 1va·li·cà·re v.tr. (io vàlico) 1. CO passare al di là di un punto, di un luogo per andare dall altra parte: valicare il confine, la frontiera; valicare una catena montuosa, un fiume Sinonimi: attraversare, oltrepassare, superare, varcare. 2. OB… … Dizionario italiano
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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Divaricated — 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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Divaricating — 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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Prevaricate — Pre*var i*cate, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Prevaricated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Prevaricating}.] [L. praevaricatus, p. p. of praevaricari to walk crookedly, to collude; prae before + varicare to straddle, fr. varicus straddling, varus bent. See {Varicose}.] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Prevaricated — Prevaricate Pre*var i*cate, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Prevaricated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Prevaricating}.] [L. praevaricatus, p. p. of praevaricari to walk crookedly, to collude; prae before + varicare to straddle, fr. varicus straddling, varus bent. See… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Prevaricating — Prevaricate Pre*var i*cate, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Prevaricated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Prevaricating}.] [L. praevaricatus, p. p. of praevaricari to walk crookedly, to collude; prae before + varicare to straddle, fr. varicus straddling, varus bent. See… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
divaricate — transitive verb ( cated; cating) Etymology: Latin divaricatus, past participle of divaricare, from dis + varicare to straddle more at prevaricate Date: 1673 to spread apart ; branch off ; diverge … New Collegiate Dictionary
prevaricate — intransitive verb ( cated; cating) Etymology: Latin praevaricatus, past participle of praevaricari to act in collusion, literally, to straddle, from prae + varicare to straddle, from varus bowlegged Date: circa 1631 to deviate from the truth ;… … New Collegiate Dictionary