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proliferate
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb proliferate has 2 senses
- proliferate(v = verb.change) Array - grow rapidly; "Pizza parlors proliferate in this area" is one way to grow
- proliferate(v = verb.change) Array - cause to grow or increase rapidly; "We must not proliferate nuclear arms" is one way to manifold, multiply
Derived forms noun proliferation1, noun proliferation2
Sample sentence:
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Derived forms noun proliferation1, noun proliferation2
Sample sentence:
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CIDE DICTIONARY
proliferate, v. t. [L. proles offspring + ferre to bear.].
- To produce or form cells; especially, to produce cells rapidly. [1913 Webster]
- To produce zooids by budding. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
proliferate, v.
1 intr. reproduce; increase rapidly in numbers; grow by multiplication.
2 tr. produce (cells etc.) rapidly.
1 intr. reproduce; increase rapidly in numbers; grow by multiplication.
2 tr. produce (cells etc.) rapidly.
Derivative
proliferation n. proliferative adj.
Etymology
back-form. f. proliferation f. F prolif{eacute}ration f. prolif{egrave}re (as PROLIFEROUS)
THESAURUS
proliferate
abound, accrue, accumulate, advance, appreciate, balloon, be fruitful, be productive, beget, bloat, boom, breed, breed true, bristle with, broaden, burgeon, copulate, crawl with, creep with, crescendo, crossbreed, develop, engender, exuberate, father, flow, fructify, gain, gain strength, generate, get, get ahead, go up, grow, gush, inbreed, increase, intensify, make love, mother, mount, multiply, mushroom, outbreed, overflow, pour, procreate, propagate, pullulate, rain, reproduce, reproduce in kind, rise, run over, run up, shoot up, shower, sire, snowball, spread, stream, strengthen, swarm with, swell, teem, teem with, wax, widen
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