diversificate

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Medieval Latin diversificare (to diversify),[1] from Latin diversus (diverse, different). Alternatively, a hypercorrection of diversify +‎ -ate, especially in later use.

Verb[edit]

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

  1. (very rare) Synonym of diversify
    • 1998, Harry Costin, Hector Vanolli, editors, Economic Reform in Latin America, Fort Worth, T.X. []: The Dryden Press, →ISBN, page 326:
      Of the Andean countries, Colombia has been the most successful in diversificating manufactured exports.

Related terms[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ diversificate, v.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

Italian[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Verb[edit]

diversificate

  1. inflection of diversificare:
    1. second-person plural present indicative
    2. second-person plural imperative

Etymology 2[edit]

Participle[edit]

diversificate f pl

  1. feminine plural of diversificato

Spanish[edit]

Verb[edit]

diversificate

  1. second-person singular voseo imperative of diversificar combined with te