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bifurcate
What does bifurcate mean?
bifurcate (verb): to divide or fork into two channels or branches.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use bifurcate in a sentence?
- The road bifurcated. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
Where does bifurcate come from?
Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin bifurcātus.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Words related to bifurcate
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “bifurcate” mean?
to waver or be unsteady; to weaken or trail off
Not quite: that's what falter means.
address a question to and expect an answer from
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to divide or fork into two channels or branches
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to move busily and energetically with fussiness
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