Hypertext Webster Gateway: "ramify"
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) 1.7 (wn)
ramify
v : divide into two or more branches; "The road forks" [syn: {branch},
{fork}, {separate}]
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