proliferate

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English

Etymology

From Latin proles (offspring) + ferre (to bear) + -ate.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɹəˈlɪf.əɹ.eɪt/

Verb

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  1. (transitive, intransitive) To increase in number or spread rapidly; to multiply.
    The flowers proliferated rapidly all spring.
    • 2006, Edwin Black, chapter 2, in Internal Combustion[1]:
      But through the oligopoly, charcoal fuel proliferated throughout London's trades and industries.  By the 1200s, brewers and bakers, tilemakers, glassblowers, pottery producers, and a range of other craftsmen all became hour-to-hour consumers of charcoal.

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Italian

Verb

proliferate

  1. inflection of proliferare:
    1. second-person plural present indicative
    2. second-person plural imperative
  2. feminine plural of proliferato

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