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Bifurcate   /bˈɪfərkˌeɪt/  /bˈaɪfərkˌeɪt/   Listen
Bifurcate

verb
1.
Split or divide into two.
2.
Divide into two branches.
adjective
1.
Resembling a fork; divided or separated into two branches.  Synonyms: biramous, branched, forficate, fork-like, forked, pronged, prongy.  "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"






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... bipartition; dichotomy, subdichotomy^; halving &c v.; dimidiation^. bifurcation, forking, branching, ramification, divarication; fork, prong; fold. half, moiety. V. bisect, halve, divide, split, cut in two, cleave dimidiate^, dichotomize. go halves, divide with. separate, fork, bifurcate; branch off, out; ramify. Adj. bisected &c v.; cloven, cleft; bipartite, biconjugate^, bicuspid, bifid; bifurcous^, bifurcate, bifurcated; distichous, dichotomous, furcular^; ...
— Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases: Body • Roget



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