Definition of ramify

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ram·i·fy    (rm-f) KEY  

VERB:
ram·i·fied , ram·i·fy·ing , ram·i·fies
VERB:
intr.

1. To have complicating consequences or outgrowths: The problem merely ramified after the unsuccessful meeting.
2. To send out branches or subordinate branchlike parts.

VERB:
tr.

To divide into or cause to extend in branches or subordinate branchlike parts.

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ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English ramifien, to branch out, from Old French ramifier, from Medieval Latin rmificre : Latin rmus, branch; see wrd- in Indo-European roots + Latin -ficre, -fy

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