BIFURCATE

bifurcate, biramous, branched, forked, fork-like, forficate, pronged, prongy

(adjective) resembling a fork; divided or separated into two branches; “the biramous appendages of an arthropod”; “long branched hairs on its legson which pollen collects”; “a forked river”; “a forked tail”; “forked lightning”; “horseradish grown in poor soil may develop prongy roots”

bifurcate

(verb) divide into two branches; “The road bifurcated”

bifurcate

(verb) split or divide into two

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

bifurcate (not comparable)

Divided or forked into two; bifurcated.

Having bifurcations.

Verb

bifurcate (third-person singular simple present bifurcates, present participle bifurcating, simple past and past participle bifurcated)

(intransitive) To divide or fork into two channels or branches.

(transitive) To cause to bifurcate.

Synonyms

• branch

• fork

Source: Wiktionary


Bi*fur"cate, Bi*fur"ca*ted, a. Etym: [Pref. bi- + furcate.]

Definition: Two-pronged; forked.

Bi*fur"cate, v. i.

Definition: To divide into two branches.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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