Ramify

  • 21ramify — ram·i·fy …

    English syllables

  • 22ramify — ram•i•fy [[t]ˈræm əˌfaɪ[/t]] v. t. v. i. fied, fy•ing bot cv to spread out into branches or branchlike parts; extend into subdivisions • Etymology: 1535–45; < MF ramifier < ML rāmificāre < L rām(us) branch …

    From formal English to slang

  • 23ramify — [c]/ˈræməfaɪ/ (say ramuhfuy) verb (ramified, ramifying) –verb (t) 1. to divide into branches or branch like parts. –verb (i) 2. to spread out into branches or branch like parts. 3. to develop in complex and interrelated ways. {French ramifier,… …

  • 24ramify —   v.i. branch out; make complex.    ♦ ramification, n …

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  • 25ramify — n. ( ies, ied) 1 intr. form branches or subdivisions or offshoots, branch out. 2 tr. (usu. in passive) cause to branch out; arrange in a branching manner. Etymology: F ramifier f. med.L ramificare f. L ramus branch …

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  • 26Ramified — Ramify Ram i*fy (r[a^]m [i^]*f[imac]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ramified} ( f[imac]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Ramifying}.] [F. ramifier, LL. ramificare, fr. L. ramus a branch + ficare (in comp.) to make. See { fy}.] To divide into branches or subdivisions; …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 27Ramifying — Ramify Ram i*fy (r[a^]m [i^]*f[imac]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ramified} ( f[imac]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Ramifying}.] [F. ramifier, LL. ramificare, fr. L. ramus a branch + ficare (in comp.) to make. See { fy}.] To divide into branches or subdivisions; …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 28branch off — Ramify. See branch …

    New dictionary of synonyms

  • 29branch — An offshoot; in anatomy, one of the primary divisions of a nerve or blood vessel. A b.. See ramus, artery, nerve, vein. SYN: ramus (1) [TA]. accessory meningeal b. SYN: pterygomeningeal artery …

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  • 30bundle — A structure composed of a group of fibers, muscular or nervous; a fasciculus. SYN: fasciculus (3) [TA]. aberrant bundles a group, or groups, of fibers from the corticobulbar or corticonuclear tract, directed to each of the motor …

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