Meaning of RAMIFY
| Pronunciation: | | 'ramu`fI
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- [v] divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork; "The road forks"
- [v] grow and send out branches or branch-like structures; "these plants ramify early and get to be very large"
- [v] have or develop complicating consequences; "These actions will ramify"
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| | Synonyms: | | branch, complexify, fork, furcate, separate |
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| | See Also: | | arborise, arborize, bifurcate, branch out, broaden, change, diverge, diversify, grow, trifurcate, twig | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Ram"i*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ramified}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Ramifying}.] [F. ramifier, LL. ramificare, fr. L. ramus a
branch + -ficare (in comp.) to make. See {-fy}.]
To divide into branches or subdivisions; as, to ramify an
art, subject, scheme.
\Ram"i*fy\, v. i.
1. To shoot, or divide, into branches or subdivisions, as the
stem of a plant.
When they [asparagus plants] . . . begin to ramify.
--Arbuthnot.
2. To be divided or subdivided, as a main subject.
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