arborise verb3 •To develop a tree-like appearance.The nerve fibre arborises into multiple branches. •To cause (something) to develop a tree-like appearance.His seven-year-old brain fires and rewires, building arborized axons, dendrites, those tiny spreading trees. — 2018 •To penetrate or fill (an area) with a tree-like structure.The vessels penetrate the clavipectoral fascia […]. They then arborize the underside of the pectoralis major. — 1991 formsarborised · arborising · arborises