Ramify



GRE Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• v.分支, 分叉
• ［英］ v.分支, 分叉 ( to split up into branches or constituents)
• ［记］ ram ( =ramus分支) ＋ify
• ［同］ 派生词: ramification ( n.分支, 支流branch, offshoot)
• ［例］ Railways were ramified over the country. ( 铁路纵横交错)

Webster Collegiate

verb (-fied; -fying)

• Etymology: Middle English ramifien, from Anglo-French ramifier, from Medieval Latin ramificare, from Latin ramus branch; akin to Latin radix root — more at root
• Date: 15th century
• intransitive verb
  • 1. to split up into branches or constituent parts
  • 2. to send forth branches or extensions
• transitive verb
  • 1. to cause to branch
  • 2. to separate into divisions

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