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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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EARTHSHAKING
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