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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Branch \Branch\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Branched}; p. pr & vb n.
{Branching}.]
1. To shoot or spread in branches; to separate into branches;
to ramify.
2. To divide into separate parts or subdivision.
{To branch off}, to form a branch or a separate part to
diverge.
{To branch out}, to speak diffusively; to extend one's
discourse to other topics than the main one also to
enlarge the scope of one's business, etc
To branch out into a long disputation. --Spectator.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
branched
adj 1: 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" [syn: {bifurcate}, {biramous}, {forked}, {pronged},
{prongy}]
2: having branches [syn: {branching}]
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