Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Ramify \Ram"i*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ramified}; 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.

Ramify \Ram"i*fy\, v. i.
   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.

Source : WordNet®

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}]