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Ramify
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb Ramify has 3 senses
- ramify(v = verb.change) complexify - have or develop complicating consequences; "These actions will ramify" is one way to change
- ramify(v = verb.change) branch - grow and send out branches or branch-like structures; "these plants ramify early and get to be very large" is one way to grow
- ramify(v = verb.change) branch, fork, furcate, separate - divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork; "The road forks" is one way to diverge
Derived form noun ramification3
Sample sentence:
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Derived forms noun ramification1, noun ramification4, noun ramification2
Sample sentence:
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Derived forms noun ramification1, noun ramification4, noun ramification2
Sample sentence:
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CIDE DICTIONARY
Ramify, v. t. [F. ramifier, LL. ramificare, fr. L. ramus a branch + -ficare (in comp.) to make. See -fy.].
To divide into branches or subdivisions; as, to ramify an art, subject, scheme. [1913 Webster]
Ramify, v. i.
- To shoot, or divide, into branches or subdivisions, as the stem of a plant. [1913 Webster]"When they [asparagus plants] . . . begin to ramify." [1913 Webster]
- To be divided or subdivided, as a main subject. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
Ramify, n. (-ies, -ied)
1 intr. form branches or subdivisions or offshoots, branch out.
2 tr. (usu. in passive) cause to branch out; arrange in a branching manner.
1 intr. form branches or subdivisions or offshoots, branch out.
2 tr. (usu. in passive) cause to branch out; arrange in a branching manner.
Etymology
F ramifier f. med.L ramificare f. L ramus branch
THESAURUS
Ramify
accelerate, aggravate, ball up, beef up, bifurcate, bisect, blow up, branch, branch out, by two, cleave, complicate, concentrate, condense, confound, confuse, consolidate, cut in two, deepen, deploy, dichotomize, dimidiate, disperse, divaricate, divide, double, embrangle, enhance, entangle, exacerbate, exaggerate, expand, extend, fan, fan out, fission, flare, fork, foul up, furcate, halve, heat up, heighten, hop up, hot up, implicate, in half, intensify, involve, jazz up, key up, knot, louse up, magnify, make complex, mess up, mix up, muck up, muddle, open, open up, outspread, outstretch, overgrow, overrun, perplex, ravel, redouble, reinforce, screw up, sharpen, snarl, snarl up, soup up, splay, split in two, spraddle, sprangle, sprawl, spread, spread like wildfire, spread out, stem, step up, strengthen, subdivide, tangle, transect, trifurcate, triple, unfold, whet, widenROGET THESAURUS
Ramify
bisection
VB bisect, halve, divide, split, cut in two, cleave dimidiate, dichotomize, go halves, divide with, separate, fork, bifurcate, branch off, out, ramify.Divergence
VB diverge, divaricate, radiate, ramify, branch off, glance off, file off, fly off, fly off at a tangent, spread, scatter, disperse, deviate, part.
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