Ramify
Ramify (ram"i*fī) , transitive verb
[French ramifier, Late Latin ramificare, from Latin ramus a branch + -ficare (in comp.) to make. See -fy.]
To divide into branches or subdivisions; as, to ramify an art, subject, scheme.
Ramify , intransitive verb
1.
To shoot, or divide, into branches or subdivisions, as the stem of a plant.
When they [asparagus plants]... begin to ramify.
2.
To be divided or subdivided, as a main subject.