RAMIFIED

RAMIFY

branch, ramify, fork, furcate, separate

(verb) divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork; “The road forks”

ramify, branch

(verb) grow and send out branches or branch-like structures; “these plants ramify early and get to be very large”

complexify, ramify

(verb) have or develop complicating consequences; “These actions will ramify”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Verb

ramified

simple past tense and past participle of ramify

Anagrams

• rifamide

Source: Wiktionary

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RAMIFY

Ram"i*fy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ramified; p. pr. & vb. n. Ramifying.] Etym: [F. ramifier, LL. ramificare, fr. L. ramus a branch + -ficare (in comp.) to make. See -fy.]

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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