ramify

[ ram-uh-fahy ]

/ ˈræm əˌfaɪ /

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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.

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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

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ramet, rami, ramie, ramification, ramiform, ramify, Ramillies, ramjet, rammed earth, rammel, rammelsbergite

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How to use ramify in a sentence

These are serious sums of money that ramify through every economic calculation.
David's Book Club: The Age of Austerity|David Frum|February 21, 2012|DAILY BEAST
The air cells are not limited to the bones, but ramify through the body, and in some cases extend among the muscles.
Dragons of the Air|H. G. Seeley
It is also vascular and the veins which ramify it have a plexiform or net-work like arrangement.
The Mystery of Space|Robert T. Browne
From these ramify numerous passages and other arcades, connecting different parts of the city.
The Youthful Wanderer|George H. Heffner

This is not a defect of language; on the contrary, it is an advantage to have roots which ramify into so many branches.
A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 10 (of 10)|Franois-Marie Arouet (AKA Voltaire)
At the choirs square eastern end the ribs ramify considerably around the windows.
How France Built Her Cathedrals|Elizabeth Boyle O'Reilly

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

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ramify

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