branch (v.) Copy link Outline I. To shoot or spread in branches. Phr.II. To separate into parts1. dīvĭdor, dīvīsus, 32. scindo, scĭdi, scissum, 3 (with pron. reflect., or as v. reflect.)3. diffundor, fūsus, 3 • branch (v.): I. To shoot or spread in branches. Phr.: the tree has b.'d to the sky, exiit ad coelum ramis arbos, Virg.: the oak b.'s out, quercus ramos tendit, Virg. II. To separate into parts: 1. dīvĭdor, dīvīsus, 3: the Fibrenus b.'s into two parts, Fibrenus in duas partes dividitur, Cic. 2. scindo, scĭdi, scissum, 3 (with pron. reflect., or as v. reflect.): the family of both b.'s off from a single progenitor, genus amborum s. se sanguine ab uno, Virg.: the physical part of philosophy b.'s into two parts, naturalis pars philosophiae in duo scinditur, Sen. 3. diffundor, fūsus, 3: the nation b.'s out through Latium, d. gens per Latium, Virg.