Emily Dickinson Lexicon

RAM-I-FI-CA'TION, n. [Fr. from L. ramus, a branch.]

1. The process of branching or shooting branches from a stem.
2. A branch; a small division proceeding from a main stock or channel; as, the ramifications of a family; the ramifications of an artery. Arbuthnot.
3. A division or subdivision; as, the ramifications of a subject or scheme.
4. In botany, the manner in which a tree produces its branches or boughs. – Lee.
5. The production of figures resembling branches. – Encyc.