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Definition of Ramify
1. Verb. Have or develop complicating consequences. "These actions will ramify"
2. Verb. Grow and send out branches or branch-like structures. "These plants ramify early and get to be very large"
Generic synonyms: Grow
Related verbs: Branch, Fork, Furcate, Separate
Derivative terms: Ramification, Ramification, Ramification
3. Verb. Divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork. "The road forks"
Related verbs: Branch
Specialized synonyms: Arborise, Arborize, Twig, Bifurcate, Trifurcate
Generic synonyms: Diverge
Derivative terms: Branch, Branch, Fork, Forking, Forking, Furcation, Ramification, Ramification, Ramification
Also: Branch Out
Definition of Ramify
1. v. t. To divide into branches or subdivisions; as, to ramify an art, subject, scheme.
2. v. i. To shoot, or divide, into branches or subdivisions, as the stem of a plant.
Definition of Ramify
1. Verb. To divide into branches or subdivisions. ¹
2. Verb. (figuratively) To spread or diversify into multiple fields or categories. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Ramify
1. to divide into branches [v -FIED, -FYING, -FIES]
Medical Definition of Ramify
1. 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. To divide into branches or subdivisions; as, to ramify an art, subject, scheme. Origin: F. Ramifier, LL. Ramificare, fr. L. Ramus a branch + -ficare (in comp) to make. See -fy. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
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