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1. To shoot, or divide, into branches or subdivisions, as the stem of a plant. "When they [asparagus plants] . . . Begin to ramify." (Arbuthnot)
2. To be divided or subdivided, as a main subject.
To divide into branches or subdivisions; as, to ramify an art, subject, scheme.
Origin: F. Ramifier, LL. Ramificare, fr. L. Ramus a branch + -ficare (in comp) to make. See -fy.
(01 Mar 1998)
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