bi·fur·cate
Audio Help [v., adj. bahy-fer-keyt, bahy-fur-keyt; adj. also bahy-fer-kit, bahy-fur-] Pronunciation Key verb, -cat·ed, -cat·ing, adjective
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Audio Help [v., adj. bahy-fer-keyt, bahy-fur-keyt; adj. also bahy-fer-kit, bahy-fur-] Pronunciation Key verb, -cat·ed, -cat·ing, adjective –verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
–adjective
| 1. | to divide or fork into two branches. |
| 2. | divided into two branches. |
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bi·fur·ca·tion, noun
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bifurcate
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v. bi·fur·cat·ed, bi·fur·cat·ing, bi·fur·cates v. tr. To divide into two parts or branches. v. intr. To separate into two parts or branches; fork. adj. (-kāt', -kĭt) Forked or divided into two parts or branches, as the Y-shaped styles of certain flowers. [Medieval Latin bifurcāre, bifurcāt-, to divide, from Latin bifurcus, two-pronged : bi-, two; see bi-1 + furca, fork.] bi'fur·cate'ly adv., bi'fur·ca'tion n. |
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bifurcate
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| bifurcate | |
adjective | |
| 1. | resembling a fork; divided or separated into two branches; "the biramous appendages of an arthropod"; "long branched hairs on its legson which pollen collects"; "a forked river"; "a forked tail"; "forked lightning"; "horseradish grown in poor soil may develop prongy roots" |
verb | |
| 1. | split or divide into two |
| 2. | divide into two branches; "The road bifurcated" |
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| bifurcate
Audio Help (bī'fər-kāt', bī-fûr'-) Pronunciation Key
Forked or divided into two parts or branches, as the Y-shaped styles of certain flowers or the tongues of snakes. |
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Bifurcate
Bi*fur"cate\, Bifurcated \Bi*fur"ca*ted\, a. [Pref. bi- + furcate.] Two-pronged; forked.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
Bifurcate
Bi*fur"cate\, v. i. To divide into two branches.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
bifurcate
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