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Definition: FURCATED

Part of Speech Definition
Adjective 1. Forked; branching like a fork; as, furcate twigs.[Websters]
2. Being bifurcated or forked. [Eve - graph theoretic]
3. Being ambiguous or equivocal.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Verb Past Tense 1. Seldom used past tense conjugation of the verb furcate.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Verb Base
(furcate)
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]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license.

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Date "Furcated" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references)

Definition: FURCATED

Part of SpeechDefinition
Adjective1. Forked; branching like a fork; as, furcate twigs.[Websters]
2. Being bifurcated or forked. [Eve - graph theoretic]
3. Being ambiguous or equivocal.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Verb Past Tense1. Seldom used past tense conjugation of the verb furcate.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Verb Base
(furcate)
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]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license.

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Date "FURCATED" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references)

Specialty Definition: furcate

DomainDefinition
Noah Webster [Adjective] Forked; branching like the prongs of a fork.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary.
BusinessSynonym break out. (references)
ScienceForked, 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.

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