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ramify

ra·mify

UK/ˈɹæm.ɪ.faɪ/ US/ˈɹæm.ə.faɪ/ uncommon

verb

1.

have or develop complicating consequences

  • “These actions will ramify”
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2.

grow and send out branches or branch-like structures

  • “these plants ramify early and get to be very large”
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3.

divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork

  • “The road forks”
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Origin

Borrowed from Middle French ramifier, from Medieval Latin ramificō (“to branch, ramify”), from Latin rāmus (“a branch”) + -ficō (causative suffix).

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