You searched for:
“trifurcate”
trifurcate (TRIGH fuhr kayt") (verb), trifurcates; trifurcated, trifurcating
To divide into three parts or sections: Branching off or parting into three directions: While following the map, Bernice could see that the freeway trifurcated in about three miles, but she knew she needed to stay in the middle lane because she did not want to travel in the right or the left lanes.
This entry is located in the following units:
-cate
(page 8)
furcat-, furca-
(page 1)
tri-, tre-
(page 5)
Word Entries at Get Words:
“trifurcate”
trifurcate (TRIGH fuhr kayt")
To divide or to separate into three ways, or routes, is what this cate is trying to explain.
This entry is located in the following unit:
cate family of verbs
(page 6)