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Verb: bifurcate  'bI-fu(r),keyt
  1. Split or divide into two
    "The road bifurcates at the old oak tree"
     
  2. Divide into two branches
    "The road bifurcated"
Adjective: bifurcate  'bI-fu(r),keyt
  1. Resembling a fork; divided or separated into two branches
    "the bifurcate appendages of an arthropod";
    - biramous, branched, forked, fork-like, forficate, pronged, prongy

Derived forms: bifurcating, bifurcates, bifurcated

See also: divided

Type of: branch, diverge, fork, furcate, ramify, separate

Encyclopedia: Bifurcate