proliferate
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Latin proles (“offspring”) + ferre (“to bear”) + -ate
[edit] Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA: /pɹəˈlɪf.ɜː(ɹ).eɪt/, SAMPA: /pr@"lIf.3:(r).eIt/
- (US) IPA: /pɹoʊˈlɪfəɹeɪt/ SAMPA: [pr\oU"lIf@r\eIt]
[edit] Verb
proliferate (third-person singular simple present proliferates, present participle proliferating, simple past and past participle proliferated)
- To increase in number or spread rapidly.
- The flowers proliferated rapidly all spring.
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[edit] Translations
to increase in number
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[edit] External links
- proliferate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- proliferate in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
[edit] Italian
[edit] Verb
proliferate
- second-person plural present indicative of proliferare
- second-person plural imperative of proliferare
- Feminine plural of proliferato
