Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Furcate \Fur"cate\, Furcated \Fur"ca*ted\, a. [L. furca fork.
   See {Fork}.]
   Forked; branching like a fork; as, furcate twigs.

Source : WordNet®

furcate
     v : divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork; "The
         road forks" [syn: {branch}, {ramify}, {fork}, {separate}]