diversificate
verbEtymology 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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Rare Synonym 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:
- Related terms
- diversification, diversified