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Added 9 October 2026

ramify

/ˈɹæm.ɪ.faɪ/ verb

Latin root: ramificō Wiktionary

verb Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about ramify at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

Have or develop complicating consequences.
These actions will ramify
Grow and send out branches or branch-like structures.
these plants ramify early and get to be very large
Divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork.
The road forks

Origin

Borrowed from Middle French ramifier, from Medieval Latin ramificō (“to branch, ramify”), from Latin rāmus (“a branch”) + -ficō (causative suffix).

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