ramified


ram·i·fy

R0033200 (răm′ə-fī′)v. ram·i·fied, ram·i·fy·ing, ram·i·fies v.intr.1. To have complicating consequences or outgrowths: The problem merely ramified after the unsuccessful meeting.2. To send out branches or subordinate branchlike parts.v.tr. 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; see wrād- in Indo-European roots + Latin -ficāre, -fy.]
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