ramify
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ram·i·fy
(răm'ə-fī') 
v., -fied, -fy·ing, -fies. v.intr.
To divide into or cause to extend in branches or subordinate branchlike parts.
v., -fied, -fy·ing, -fies. v.intr.
- To have complicating consequences or outgrowths: The problem merely ramified after the unsuccessful meeting.
- To send out branches or subordinate branchlike parts.
To divide into or cause to extend in branches or subordinate branchlike parts.
[Middle English ramifien, to branch out, from Old French ramifier, from Medieval Latin rāmificāre : Latin rāmus, branch + Latin -ficāre, -fy.]
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IN BRIEF: To divide into branches or subdivisions.
The difficulty lies, not in the new ideas, but in escaping the old ones, which ramify, for those brought up as most of us have been, into every corner of our minds.
— John Maynard (1883-1946)
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1. to branch; to diverge in different directions.
2. to traverse in branches.
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ramify
(ram′ə-fī)
v
v
To branch; to diverge in various directions; to traverse in branches.
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Ramify
Dansk (Danish)
v. intr. - forgrene sig, oprette filialer
v. tr. - få til at forgrenes
Nederlands (Dutch)
(zich) vertakken, verspreid/ onderverdeeld worden
Français (French)
v. intr. - se ramifier
v. tr. - ramifier
Deutsch (German)
v. - sich verzweigen
Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - διακλαδώνω/-ομαι, διακλαδίζομαι
Português (Portuguese)
v. - ramificar(-se)
Русский (Russian)
разветвляться, ответвляться
Español (Spanish)
v. intr. - hacer ramificar, ramificarse
v. tr. - hacer ramificar, ramificarse
Svenska (Swedish)
v. - förgrena (sig)
中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
成为枝岔状, 分枝, 纵横交错, 分派
中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. intr. - 成為枝岔狀, 分枝
v. tr. - 分枝, 縱橫交錯, 分派
한국어 (Korean)
v. intr. - 분지하다, 가지를 내다
v. tr. - 가지를 내다, 분지하다, 구분되다
日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 枝を出す, 分岐する, 小区分する
العربيه (Arabic)
(فعل) يفرع, يشعب
עברית (Hebrew)
v. intr. - התענף, הסתעף
v. tr. - גרם להסתעפות
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