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To divide into branches or subdivisions; as, to ramify an art, subject, scheme.

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  1. v. t. To divide into branches or subdivisions; as, to ramify an art, subject, scheme.
  2. v. i. To shoot, or divide, into branches or subdivisions, as the stem of a plant.
  3. v. i. To be divided or subdivided, as a main subject.
  4. v. have or develop complicating consequences
  5. v. grow and send out branches or branch-like structures
  6. v. divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork
  7. To divide into branches or subdivisions; as, to ramify an art, subject, scheme. 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.
  8. To divide into branches or subdivisions; as, to ramify an art,subject, scheme.
  9. v:100 v. grow and send out branches or branch-like structures