diversificate

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verb

Synonym of diversify.

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diversify
OriginMiddle French diversifier →
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Meanings

verbdiversificate (third-person singular simple present diversificates, present participle diversificating, simple past and past participle diversificated)

present singular third person diversificates · participle present diversificating · participle past diversificated · past diversificated

  1. rareSynonym of diversify.

    Of the Andean countries, Colombia has been the most successful in diversificating manufactured exports.

    1998, Harry Costin, Hector Vanolli, editors, Economic Reform in Latin America, Fort Worth, T.X. […]: The Dryden Press, →ISBN, page 326

    Synonyms: diversify

Synonyms & antonyms

verbSynonym of diversify.

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diversify

Origin

  1. Middle Frenchdiversifier
  2. Englishdiversificate

Hypercorrection of diversify, on the basis of Latin dīversificō + -ate (verb-forming suffix) with diversify being the regular derived form of Middle French diversifier, itself from Medieval Latin dīversificō, from Latin dīversus (“opposite, different”).

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APA

diversificate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/diversificate

MLA

“diversificate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/diversificate. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “diversificate,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/diversificate.

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