"ramify" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈɹæm.ɪ.faɪ/ [UK, US], /ˈɹæm.ə.faɪ/ [UK, US] Audio: en-us-ramify.ogg [US], en-au-ramify.ogg [Australia] Forms: ramifies [present, singular, third-person], ramifying [participle, present], ramified [participle, past], ramified [past]
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French ramifier, from Medieval Latin ramificō (“to branch, ramify”), from Latin rāmus (“a branch”) + -ficō (causative suffix). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|frm|ramifier}} Middle French ramifier, {{der|en|ML.|ramificō||to branch, ramify}} Medieval Latin ramificō (“to branch, ramify”), {{der|en|la|rāmus||a branch}} Latin rāmus (“a branch”), {{m|la|-ficō||pos=causative suffix}} -ficō (causative suffix) Head templates: {{en-verb}} ramify (third-person singular simple present ramifies, present participle ramifying, simple past and past participle ramified)
  1. (transitive, intransitive) To divide into branches or subdivisions. Tags: intransitive, transitive Synonyms (divide into branches): branch Translations (to divide into branches): разклонявам (alt: се) (Bulgarian), haarautua (Finnish), ramifizieren (German), verzweigen (German), verästeln (German), elágazik (Hungarian), szétágazik (Hungarian), kvíslast (Icelandic), greinast (Icelandic), ramificar (Portuguese), разветвляться (razvetvljatʹsja) (Russian), ответвляться (otvetvljatʹsja) (Russian), разделяться (razdeljatʹsja) (Russian), ветвиться (vetvitʹsja) (Russian), ramificar (Spanish), розгалу́жуватися (rozhalúžuvatysja) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), розгалу́зитися (rozhalúzytysja) [perfective] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-ramify-en-verb-oxHyKPxY Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 56 44 Disambiguation of 'divide into branches': 83 17 Disambiguation of 'to divide into branches': 86 14
  2. (figuratively) To spread or diversify into multiple fields or categories. Tags: figuratively Translations ((figuratively) to spread or diversify into multiple fields or categories): laajeta (Finnish), ответвляться (otvetvljatʹsja) (Russian), разделяться (razdeljatʹsja) (Russian), diversificar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-ramify-en-verb-DTr4enir Disambiguation of '(figuratively) to spread or diversify into multiple fields or categories': 12 88
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: ramification, ramiform

Inflected forms

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