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quadrifurcate

Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Having four forks, tines, or branches; twice-forked; doubly dichotomous: correlated with bifurcate and trifurcate.

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  • adjective Branching fourfold; having four branches.
  • verb Furcate (fork or divide) into four branches or channels.

Etymologies

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

First attested in 1849; formed as quadri- (“four”) +‎ furcate (adjective); compare the post-Classical Latin quadrifurcātus ("four-pronged").

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

First attested in 1886; formed as quadri- +‎ furcate (verb).

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