ramify
/ˈɹæm.ɪ.faɪ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.18 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To divide into branches or subdivisions.
verb
To spread or diversify into multiple fields or categories.
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "to ramify an art, subject, scheme"
- "And, of course, on such momentous occasions as these, Manning was in his element. None knew those difficult ropes better than he; none used them with a more serviceable and yet discreet alacrity. In every juncture he had the right word, or the right silence; his influence ramified in all directions, from the Pope's audience chamber to the English Cabinet."
- "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."
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French ramifier, from Medieval Latin ramificō (“to branch, ramify”), from Latin rāmus (“a branch”) + -ficō (causative suffix).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: ramifier, ramificō, rāmus
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈɹæm.ɪ.faɪ/
- British English: /ˈɹæm.ɪ.faɪ/