Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

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. — Arbuthnot
2.
To be divided or subdivided, as a main subject.