ramify

Sep. 18th, 2007 07:15 am
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ramify - v., to divide or extend in branches or subordinate branchlike parts; to have complicating consequences.


Can be transitive or in-. I actually prefer the literal sense here, though the metaphoric is a good extension. Since Middle English, from Middle French ramifier, from Latin ramificare, from ramus, branch -- not to be confused with radix, root.

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