ramify

[ ram-uh-fahy ]
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verb (used with or without object),ram·i·fied, ram·i·fy·ing.
  1. to divide or spread out into branches or branchlike parts; extend into subdivisions.

Origin of ramify

1
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, adjective
  • un·ram·i·fied, adjective

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British Dictionary definitions for ramify

ramify

/ (ˈræmɪˌfaɪ) /


verb-fies, -fying or -fied
  1. to divide into branches or branchlike parts

  2. (intr) to develop complicating consequences; become complex

Origin of ramify

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C16: from French ramifier, from Latin rāmus branch + facere to make

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