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ramify |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Ramify \Ram"i*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ramified}; p. pr & vb n. {Ramifying}.] [F. ramifier, LL ramificare fr L. ramus a branch + -ficare (in comp.) to make See {-fy}.] To divide into branches or subdivisions; as to ramify an art, subject, scheme. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Ramify \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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: ramify v : divide into two or more branches; "The road forks" [syn: {branch}, {fork}, {separate}]
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