Ramify Definition
rămə-fī
ramified, ramifies, ramifying
verb
ramified, ramifies, ramifying
To have complicating consequences or outgrowths.
The problem merely ramified after the unsuccessful meeting.
American Heritage
To send out branches or subordinate branchlike parts.
American Heritage
To divide or spread out into branches or branchlike divisions.
Webster's New World
(figuratively) To spread or diversify into multiple fields or categories.
To ramify an art, subject, scheme.
Wiktionary
Origin of Ramify
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Middle English ramifien to branch out from Old French ramifier from Medieval Latin rāmificāre Latin rāmus branch wrād- in Indo-European roots Latin -ficāre -fy
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From French ramifier, from Medieval Latin *ramificare (“to branch, ramify"), from Latin rāmus (“a branch") + faciō (“do, make").
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