bifurcate
pronunciation
How to pronounce bifurcate in British English:
UK [ˈbaɪfəkeɪt]
How to pronounce bifurcate in American English:
US [ˈbaɪfərkeɪt]
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- Verb:
- split or divide into two
- divide into two branches
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- Adjective:
- resembling a fork; divided or separated into two branches
Word Origin
- bifurcate
- bifurcate: see fork
- bifurcate (v.)
- 1610s, from Medieval Latin bifurcatus, from Latin bi- (see bi-) + furca, the root of fork. Related: Bifurcated; bifurcating.
- bifurcate (adj.)
- 1835, from Medieval Latin bifurcatus, from Latin bi- (see bi-) + furca, the root of fork (n.).
Example
- 1. Tendrils bifurcate ; leaves oval or ovate-elliptic .
- 2. He tells us that at one point the train will " bifurcate " and that the assamese sell their best tea to other people , and " make do with the dust " themselves .
- 3. The bacterial child of dead marrow tooth can pass a pointed aperture or side rootlet canal causes a pointed week pathological change or root bifurcate pathological change .