[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

ramify \ram"ify\ ra^m"i^fimac, v. t. imp.  p. p.
   ramified -fimacd; p. pr.  vb. n. ramifying. f.
   ramifier, ll. ramificare, fr. l. ramus a branch + -ficare in
   comp. to make. see -fy.
   to divide into branches or subdivisions; as, to ramify an
   art, subject, scheme.
   1913 webster
see also:
ramified ramifying -fy 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

ramify \ram"ify\, v. i.
   1. to shoot, or divide, into branches or subdivisions, as the
      stem of a plant.
      1913 webster

            when they asparagus plants . . . begin to ramify.
                                                  --arbuthnot.
      1913 webster

   2. to be divided or subdivided, as a main subject.
      1913 webster

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

ramify
     v 1: have or develop complicating consequences; "these actions
          will ramify" syn: complexify
     2: grow and send out branches or branch-like structures; "these
        plants ramify early and get to be very large" syn: branch
     3: divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork; "the
        road forks" syn: branch, fork, furcate, separate
     also: ramified
see also:
complexify branch fork furcate separate ramified 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

93 moby thesaurus words for "ramify":
   accelerate, aggravate, ball up, beef up, bifurcate, bisect,
   blow up, branch, branch out, by two, cleave, complicate,
   concentrate, condense, confound, confuse, consolidate, cut in two,
   deepen, deploy, dichotomize, dimidiate, disperse, divaricate,
   divide, double, embrangle, enhance, entangle, exacerbate,
   exaggerate, expand, extend, fan, fan out, fission, flare, fork,
   foul up, furcate, halve, heat up, heighten, hop up, hot up,
   implicate, in half, intensify, involve, jazz up, key up, knot,
   louse up, magnify, make complex, mess up, mix up, muck up, muddle,
   open, open up, outspread, outstretch, overgrow, overrun, perplex,
   ravel, redouble, reinforce, screw up, sharpen, snarl, snarl up,
   soup up, splay, split in two, spraddle, sprangle, sprawl, spread,
   spread like wildfire, spread out, stem, step up, strengthen,
   subdivide, tangle, transect, trifurcate, triple, unfold, whet,
   widen

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