ramify

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

RAM'IFY, verb transitive [Latin ramus, a branch, and facio, to make.] To divide into branches or parts; as, to ramify an art, a subject or scheme. RAM'IFY, verb intransitive 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.
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