| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. Divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork.[Wordnet] 2. Seldom used base verb from the following inflections: furcating, furcated, furcates, furcator, furcators, furcatingly and furcatedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adjective | 1. An alternative spelling for "Furcated": Forked; branching like a fork; as, furcate twigs.[Websters]
2. Being forked or bifid. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. Being divergent. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. Being cloven or cleft. [Eve - graph theoretic] 5. Rarely used base adjective of the adverb furcately.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adverb Form (furcately) | 1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective furcate.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Sources: compiled from various sources, (under license) copyright 2008. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, WordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | Top | |
Date "FURCATE" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references) |
Specialty Definition: FURCATE
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Adjective] Forked; branching like the prongs of a fork.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Business | Synonym break out. (references) | ||
| Science | Forked, as in rhizines with two long, terminal branches. (references) | ||
| Wiktionary | [Verb] To fork or branch out. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | Top | ||
