ramify

Verb
Synonyms: complexifybranchforkfurcateseparate

WordNet 3.0

Verb (3)

  1. have or develop complicating consequences“These actions will ramify”Synonyms: complexify
  2. grow and send out branches or branch-like structures“these plants ramify early and get to be very large”Synonyms: branch
  3. divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork“The road forks”Synonyms: branchforkfurcateseparate
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Ramify \Ram"i*fy\ (r[a^]m"[i^]*f[imac]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ramified (-f[imac]d); 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. [1913 Webster]
Ramify \Ram"i*fy\, v. i.

1.To shoot, or divide, into branches or subdivisions, as the stem of a plant. [1913 Webster]

When they [asparagus plants] . . . begin to ramify.— Arbuthnot.[1913 Webster]

2.To be divided or subdivided, as a main subject. [1913 Webster]

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