ramify

Verb

  1. have or develop complicating consequences; “These actions will ramify”
  2. grow and send out branches or branch-like structures; “these plants ramify early and get to be very large”
  3. divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork; “The road forks”

From LookUp: Verb

  1. Technical Formal form branches or offshoots the shrub ramifies almost from the base and can grow 1 to 3 meters high

spread or branch out; grow and develop in complexity or range the methods and applications have ramified, generating many new insights along the way | the consequences of an act ramify and multiply