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


Etymology

Verb

ramify (third-person singular simple present ramifies, present participle ramifying, simple past and past participle ramified)

(ambitransitive) To divide into branches or subdivisions.

(figuratively) To spread or diversify into multiple fields or categories.

Synonyms

• (divide into branches): branch

Source: Wiktionary


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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According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.

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