Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for RAM-I-FI-CA'TION
RAM-I-FI-CA'TION, n. [Fr. from L. ramus, a branch.]
- The process of branching or shooting branches from a stem.
- A branch; a small division proceeding from a main stock or channel; as, the ramifications of a family; the ramifications of an artery. Arbuthnot.
- A division or subdivision; as, the ramifications of a subject or scheme.
- In botany, the manner in which a tree produces its branches or boughs. – Lee.
- The production of figures resembling branches. – Encyc.
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