Ramify
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: /ˈræm.ɪ.faɪ/, /ˈræm.ə.faɪ/
Origin
From French ramifier, from Medieval Latin *ramificare ("to branch, ramify"), from Latin rÄmus ("a branch") + faciÅ ("do, make").
Full definition of ramify
Verb
- To divide into branches or subdivisions.
- 1893, Henry Morris, Human Anatomy, page 648The cortical, hemispheral or superficial veins ramify on the surface of the brain and return the blood from the cortical substance into the venous sinuses.
- (figuratively) To spread or diversify into multiple fields or categories.to ramify an art, subject, scheme.
- 2003, Wim van Binsbergen, Intercultural Encounters: African and anthropological lessons towards a philosophy of interculturality, page 285My point here is that the field within which such determination takes place is not bounded to constitute a single discipline, a single academic elite, a single language domain, a single culture, a single historical period, but that that field ramifies out so as to encompass, ultimately, the entire history of the whole of humankind.
Synonyms
- (divide into branches) branch