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
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.
• (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
6 May 2025
(adjective) marked by or paying little heed or attention; “We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics”--Franklin D. Roosevelt; “heedless of danger”; “heedless of the child’s crying”
The world’s most expensive coffee costs more than US$700 per kilogram. Asian palm civet – a cat-like creature in Indonesia, eats fruits, including select coffee cherries. It excretes partially digested seeds that produce a smooth, less acidic brew of coffee called kopi luwak.
