Arborises

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. To grow or develop in a tree-like form
2. to branch out in a way that resembles the structure of trees
3. to adopt or incorporate characteristics similar to those found in trees

Etymology: "Arborise" is a plain formation: the Latin "arbor", meaning "tree", with the English suffix "-ise", which turns a noun into a verb meaning to make or become like the thing named. The "arbor" part is itself old, descending through Proto-Italic and Old Latin forms from an Indo-European root shared with words for tree and wood, though the English verb is a direct modern coinage from the Latin noun rather than something inherited. The "-ise" ending is the more interesting piece. It reached English through Middle French "-iser", which in turn came from Late Latin "-izare", itself borrowed from Greek "-izein". Greek verbs in this pattern, such as "baptizein" (to baptise), were adapted into Latin and then spread through the Romance languages, so English verbs like "arborise" draw on a suffix that has been doing this job for well over two thousand years. The verb "arborises" is simply the third-person singular present form of "arborise", describing one thing that takes on tree-like qualities.

Synonyms: trees, woods, forests, groves, orchards

Antonyms: deserts, plains, fields, grasslands