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   bifurcate

   verb

   • 1. divide into two branches or forks: "just below Cairo the river bifurcates"

   adjective

   • 1. divided into two branches or forks: "a bifurcate tree"

   Word Origin early 17th century: from medieval Latin bifurcat- ‘divided into two forks’, from the verb bifurcare, from Latin bifurcus ‘two-forked’, from bi- ‘having two’ + furca ‘a fork’.

   Scrabble Points: 16

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   • A

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