ramify

UK: /ˈræmɪˌfaɪ/ US: /ˈræməˌfaɪ/ ,(ram′ə fī′)

Inflections of 'ramify' (v): (⇒ conjugate)

ramifies

v 3rd person singular

ramifying

v pres p

ramified

v past

ramified

v past p

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

ram•i•fy /ˈræməˌfaɪ/   v. [no object] , -fied, -fy•ing. 

1. Botany, to divide or spread out into branches or branchlike parts;
   extend into subdivisions:
   The nerve endings ramify.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

ram•i•fy  (ram′ə fī′), v.t., v.i., -fied, -fy•ing. 

1. Botany to divide or spread out into branches or branchlike parts;
   extend into subdivisions.

• Medieval Latin rāmificāre, equivalent. to Latin rām(us) branch (see ramus) + -ificāre -ify
• Middle French ramifier
• 1535–45

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

ramify / ˈræmɪˌfaɪ/ verb ( -fies, -fying, -fied)

1. to divide into branches or branchlike parts
2. (intransitive) to develop complicating consequences; become complex

Etymology: 16th Century: from French ramifier, from Latin rāmus branch + facere to make