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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.

RELATED WORDS

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

Nearby words

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
Related formsmul·ti·ram·i·fied, adjectiveun·ram·i·fied, adjective
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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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Medicine definitions for ramify

ramify

[ răm′ə-fī′ ]

v.

To branch.
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