furcate

fur·cate  (fûrkt)

intr.v. fur·cat·ed, fur·cat·ing, fur·cates

To divide into branches; fork.

adj.

Divided into branches; forked.

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[Late Latin furctus, forked, from Latin furca, fork.]

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furcately adv.

fur·cation n.

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furcate

Verb

[-cating, -cated]

to divide into two parts

Adjective

forked: furcate branches [Latin furca a fork]

furcation n

Thesaurus

Verb

1.

furcate - divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork; "The road forks" branch, fork, ramify, separate branch, ramify - grow and send out branches or branch-like structures; "these plants ramify early and get to be very large" arborise, arborize - branch out like trees; "nerve fibers arborize" twig - branch out in a twiglike manner; "The lightning bolt twigged in several directions" bifurcate - divide into two branches; "The road bifurcated" trifurcate - divide into three; "The road trifurcates at the bridge" diverge - move or draw apart; "The two paths diverge here"