arborize

Related to arborize: call on, Reapply, disposed of

ar·bo·rize

(är′bə-rīz′)

intr.v. ar·bo·rized, ar·bo·riz·ing, ar·bo·riz·es

To have or produce branching formations, as the bronchial tubes of the lungs.

[From Latin arbor, tree.]

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arborize

(ˈɑːbəˌraɪz) or

arborise

to give, or take on, a treelike branched appearanceto produce treelike branched formations

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arborize - branch out like trees; "nerve fibers arborize"

arborise

furcate, branch, fork, ramify, separate - divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork; "The road forks"

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