ramify
- to divide or spread out into branches or branchlike parts; extend into subdivisions.
Origin of ramify
Related Words for ramify
fork, proliferate, develop, divide, extend, separate, bifurcate, subdivide, enlarge, diverge, increase, spread, part, multiply, diversify, grow, expandExamples from the Web for ramify
Contemporary Examples of ramify
These are serious sums of money that ramify through every economic calculation.
Historical Examples of ramify
Philip knew these relatives well: they ramify, if need be, all over the peninsula.
Where Angels Fear to TreadE. M. Forster
The bazaars form the heart of the town, and ramify in various directions.
Tent Work in PalestineClaude Reignier Conder
It is also vascular and the veins which ramify it have a plexiform or net-work like arrangement.
The Mystery of SpaceRobert T. Browne
The nature of the thing is to ramify beyond human calculation.
The Cloister and the HearthCharles Reade
When I'd got my local ground perfectly covered, I'd begin to ramify.
A Modern InstanceWilliam Dean Howells
ramify
- to divide into branches or branchlike parts
- (intr) to develop complicating consequences; become complex
Word Origin for ramify
Word Origin and History for ramify
early 15c., "branch out," from Middle French ramifier (early 14c.), from Medieval Latin ramificare "to form branches," from Latin ramus "branch" (see ramus) + root of facere "to make" (see factitious). Related: Ramified; ramifying.
ramify
(răm′ə-fī′)- To branch.