Definition of proliferate Proliferate
/pɹowlɪˈfɚejˌt/ - [prowlifereyt] - pro•lif•er•ate
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What does proliferate mean?
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| proliferate - cause to grow or increase rapidly; "We must not proliferate nuclear arms" | ||
| manifold, multiply make multiple copies of; "multiply a letter" | ||
| proliferate - grow rapidly; "Pizza parlors proliferate in this area" | ||
| grow come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes); "He grew a beard"; "The patient developed abdominal pains"; "I got funny spots all over my body"; "Well-developed breasts" | ||
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- proliferate (Verb)
To increase in number or spread rapidly.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- proliferate (v. t.)
To produce or form cells; especially, to produce cells rapidly. - proliferate (v. t.)
To produce zooids by budding.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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proliferate
prō-lif′e-rāt, v.i. to grow by multiplication of elementary parts: (zool.) to reproduce by proliferation.—v.t. to bear by reproduction.—n. Proliferā′tion, the birth and growth of generative zoöids.—adjs. Prolif′erātive, Prolif′erous.—adv. Prolif′erously. [L. proles, progeny, ferre, to bear.]
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🔤- proliferate, verb, present, 1st person singular of proliferate (infinitive).
- proliferate, verb (infinitive).
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