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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

RAM'IFY, v.t. [L. ramus, a branch, and facio, to make.]
To divide into branches or parts; as, to ramify an art, a subject or scheme.
RAM'IFY, v.i.
1. To shoot into branches, as the stem of a plant.
When the asparagus begins to ramify -
2. To be divided or subdivided; as a main subject or scheme.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: have or develop complicating consequences; "These actions will ramify" [syn: complexify, ramify]
2: grow and send out branches or branch-like structures; "these plants ramify early and get to be very large" [syn: ramify, branch]
3: divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork; "The road forks" [syn: branch, ramify, fork, furcate, separate]

Merriam Webster's

verb (-fied; -fying) Etymology: Middle English ramifien, from Anglo-French ramifier, from Medieval Latin ramificare, from Latin ramus branch; akin to Latin radix root — more at root Date: 15th century intransitive verb 1. to split up into branches or constituent parts 2. to send forth branches or extensions transitive verb 1. to cause to branch 2. to separate into divisions

Oxford Reference Dictionary

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. Etymology: F ramifier f. med.L ramificare f. L ramus branch

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Ramify Ram"i*fy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ramified; p. pr. & vb. n. Ramifying.] [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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Ramify Ram"i*fy, v. i. 1. To shoot, or divide, into branches or subdivisions, as the stem of a plant. When they [asparagus plants] . . . begin to ramify. --Arbuthnot. 2. To be divided or subdivided, as a main subject.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. v. a. Separate into branches. II. v. n. Branch, divaricate, shoot into branches.

Moby Thesaurus

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