Noah Webster
Ramify
RAM'IFY, verb transitive [Latin ramus, a branch, and facio, to make.]
To divide into branches or parts; as, to ramify an art, a subject or scheme.
RAM'IFY, verb intransitive
1. To shoot into branches, as the stem of a plant.
When the asparagus begins to ramify -
2. To be divided or subdivided; as a main subject or scheme.