bifurcated

[v., adj. bahy-fer-keyt, bahy-fur-keyt; adj. also bahy-fer-kit, bahy-fur-]

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verb (used with object), verb (used without object)

to divide or fork into two branches.

adjective

divided into two branches.

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Origin:
1605–15; < Medieval Latin bifurcātus, past participle of bifurcāre (bi- bi-¹ + furc(a) fork + -ātus -ate¹)

Related forms

bi·fur·cate·ly

[bahy-fer-keyt-lee; bahy-fur-keyt-lee, -kit-] , adverb

bi·fur·ca·tion, noun

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bifurcated
adjective
divided into or made up of two parts; "socially bifurcated populations"

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