Test
Your
Word IQ! Play Now

ramify

[ ram-uh-fahy ]
/ ˈræm əˌfaɪ /
SEE SYNONYMS FOR ramify ON THESAURUS.COM

verb (used with or without object), ram·i·fied, ram·i·fy·ing.

to divide or spread out into branches or branchlike parts; extend into subdivisions.

Words related to ramify

fork, proliferate, develop, divide, extend, separate, bifurcate, subdivide, enlarge, diverge, increase, spread, part, multiply, diversify, grow, expand

Words nearby ramify

ramet, rami, ramie, ramification, ramiform, ramify, ramillies, ramisection, ramitis, ramjet, rammed earth

Origin of ramify

1535–45; < Middle French ramifier < Medieval Latin rāmificāre, equivalent to Latin rām(us) branch (see ramus) + -ificāre -ify

OTHER WORDS FROM ramify

mul·ti·ram·i·fied, adjectiveun·ram·i·fied, adjective
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020

Examples from the Web for ramify

British Dictionary definitions for ramify

ramify
/ (ˈræmɪˌfaɪ) /

verb -fies, -fying or -fied

to divide into branches or branchlike parts
(intr) to develop complicating consequences; become complex

Word Origin for ramify

C16: from French ramifier, from Latin rāmus branch + facere to make
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Medical definitions for ramify

ramify
[ răm′ə-fī′ ]

v.

To branch.
The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.