Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Bifurcate \Bi*fur"cate\, Bifurcated \Bi*fur"ca*ted\, a. [Pref.
   bi- + furcate.]
   Two-pronged; forked.

Bifurcate \Bi*fur"cate\, v. i.
   To divide into two branches.

Source : WordNet®

bifurcate
     adj : resembling a fork; divided or separated into two branches;
           "the biramous appendages of an arthropod"; "long
           branched hairs on its legson which pollen collects"; "a
           forked river"; "a forked tail"; "forked lightning";
           "horseradish grown in poor soil may develop prongy
           roots" [syn: {biramous}, {branched}, {forked}, {forficate},
            {pronged}, {prongy}]

bifurcate
     v 1: split or divide into two
     2: divide into two branches; "The road bifurcated"