Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Bifurcate"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Bifurcate \Bi*fur"cate\, Bifurcated \Bi*fur"ca*ted\, a. [Pref.
bi- + furcate.]
Two-pronged; forked.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Bifurcate \Bi*fur"cate\, v. i.
To divide into two branches.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
bifurcate
adj : 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: {biramous}, {branched}, {forked}, {pronged},
{prongy}]
v 1: split or divide into two
2: divide into two branches; "The road bifurcated"
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