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Antonyms for ramify

Grammar : Verb
Spell : ram-uh-fahy
Phonetic Transcription : ˈræm əˌfaɪ

Definition of ramify

Origin :
  • early 15c., "branch out," from Middle French ramifier (early 14c.), from Medieval Latin ramificare "to form branches," from Latin ramus "branch" (see ramus) + root of facere "to make" (see factitious). Related: Ramified; ramifying.
  • verb branch
Example sentences :
  • Philip knew these relatives well: they ramify, if need be, all over the peninsula.
  • Extract from : « Where Angels Fear to Tread » by E. M. Forster
  • The bazaars form the heart of the town, and ramify in various directions.
  • Extract from : « Tent Work in Palestine » by Claude Reignier Conder
  • It is also vascular and the veins which ramify it have a plexiform or net-work like arrangement.
  • Extract from : « The Mystery of Space » by Robert T. Browne
  • The nature of the thing is to ramify beyond human calculation.
  • Extract from : « The Cloister and the Hearth » by Charles Reade
  • When I'd got my local ground perfectly covered, I'd begin to ramify.
  • Extract from : « A Modern Instance » by William Dean Howells
  • The lines of this company are numerous, and ramify in many directions towards the east, north-east, and north.
  • Extract from : « Collins' Illustrated Guide to London and Neighbourhood » by Anonymous
  • The party was but small, for the Nestons were not one of those families that ramify into bewildering growths of cousins.
  • Extract from : « Mr. Witt's Widow » by Anthony Hope
  • The air cells are not limited to the bones, but ramify through the body, and in some cases extend among the muscles.
  • Extract from : « Dragons of the Air » by H. G. Seeley
  • The first lesion of pleurisy is overfilling of the blood vessels that ramify in this membrane and dryness of the surface.
  • Extract from : « Special Report on Diseases of the Horse » by United States Department of Agriculture
  • I do not wish to enter very much at large into the discussions which diverge and ramify in all ways from this productive subject.
  • Extract from : « The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. IV. (of 12) » by Edmund Burke

Synonyms for ramify

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