From en.wiktionary.org:
** English
[2012]
*** Etymology
Borrowed from [en], from [en], from [en] + [la].
*** Pronunciation
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
*** Verb
[en-verb]
1. [en] To divide into branch es or subdivision s.
2. * {{ quote-text | en | year=1893 | author=Henry Morris | title=Human Anatomy | page=648
|passage=The cortical, hemispheral or superficial veins RAMIFY on the surface
of the brain and return the blood from the cortical substance into the venous
sinuses.}}
1. [en] To spread or diversify into multiple field s or categories .
2. * [chapter=VII]
3. * {{ quote-text | en | year=2003 | author=Wim van Binsbergen | title=Intercultural Encounters: African and anthropological lessons towards a philosophy of interculturality | page=285
|passage=My 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] [en]
**** Related terms
- [en]
- [en]
**** Translations
[to divide into branches]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Czech: [cs] , [cs] , [cs] , [cs]
- Finnish: [fi]
- German: [de] , [de] , [de]
- Hungarian: [hu] , [hu]
- Icelandic: [is] , [is]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru] , [ru] , [ru]
- Spanish: [es]
- Ukrainian: [uk] , [uk]
[trans-bottom]
[(figuratively) to spread or diversify into multiple fields or categories]
- Czech: [cs] , [cs] , [cs] , [cs] , [cs] , [cs]
- Finnish: [fi]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru]
- Spanish: [es]
[trans-bottom]
**** Further reading
- [R:Webster 1913]
- [R:Century 1911]