bifurcate

verb

/ˈbaɪfəkeɪt/

/ˈbaɪfərkeɪt/

[intransitive] (formal)

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they bifurcate	/ˈbaɪfəkeɪt/ /ˈbaɪfərkeɪt/
he / she / it bifurcates	/ˈbaɪfəkeɪts/ /ˈbaɪfərkeɪts/
past simple bifurcated	/ˈbaɪfəkeɪtɪd/ /ˈbaɪfərkeɪtɪd/
past participle bifurcated	/ˈbaɪfəkeɪtɪd/ /ˈbaɪfərkeɪtɪd/
-ing form bifurcating	/ˈbaɪfəkeɪtɪŋ/ /ˈbaɪfərkeɪtɪŋ/

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(of roads, rivers, etc.路、河等) to divide into two separate parts分叉；分支
Word Originearly 17th cent.: from medieval Latin bifurcat- ‘divided into two forks’, from the verb bifurcare, from Latin bifurcus ‘two-forked’, from bi- ‘having two’ + furca ‘a fork’.

BNC: 46621 COCA: 31454

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