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multiply
English
Etymology 1
From Old French multiplier, from Latin multiplic?, from multi (“many”) + plic? (“I fold”).
The noun presumably derives from the verb.
Pronunciation
- enPR: m?l?t?-pl?, IPA(key): /?m?lt?pla?/
Verb
multiply (third-person singular simple present multiplies, present participle multiplying, simple past and past participle multiplied)
- (transitive) To increase the amount, degree or number of (something).
- 1786', Fisher Ames, Lucius Junius Brutus
- The motives to refuse obedience to government are many and strong ; impunity will multiply and enforce them
- 1843, Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London
- It would indeed be easy to multiply modern authorities respecting locustal food; one more authority shall suffice, from which it will appear that the Arabs make a sort of locust bread.
- 1786', Fisher Ames, Lucius Junius Brutus
- (transitive, arithmetic, with by) To perform multiplication on (a number).
- (intransitive) To grow in number.
- (intransitive) To breed or propagate.
- (intransitive, arithmetic) To perform multiplication.
- (transitive, rare) To be a factor in a multiplication with (another factor).
- 1983, Graham Flegg, Numbers, 2002 Dover edition, ?ISBN, page 154 [1]:
- This follows a similar process, counters having to be removed and replaced at each stage of the remaining part of the calculation except the final one, where 2 multiplies 3 to give 6.
- 1993, Edward T. Dowling, Schaum's Outline of Theory and Problems of Mathematical Methods for Business and Economics, ?ISBN, page 14 [2]:
- Of all the possible combinations of factors above, only . Carefully arranging the factors, therefore, to ensure that 2 multiplies 4 and 3 multiplies 5, we have
- Of all the possible combinations of factors above, only . Carefully arranging the factors, therefore, to ensure that 2 multiplies 4 and 3 multiplies 5, we have
- 1983, Graham Flegg, Numbers, 2002 Dover edition, ?ISBN, page 154 [1]:
Synonyms
- Synonym: manifold
Related terms
Translations
Noun
multiply (plural multiplies)
- (computer science) An act or instance of multiplying.
- 1975, Byte (issues 1-8, page 14)
- The extended instruction set may double the speed again if a lot of multiplies and divides are done.
- 1975, Byte (issues 1-8, page 14)
Etymology 2
multiple +? -ly.
Pronunciation
- enPR: m?l?t?-pl?, IPA(key): /?m?lt?pli/
Adverb
multiply (not comparable)
- In many or multiple ways.
multiply From the web:
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inflate
English
Etymology
From Latin ?nfl?tus, from the verb ?nfl?.
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) enPR: ?n-fl?t', IPA(key): /?n?fle?t/
- Rhymes: -e?t
Verb
inflate (third-person singular simple present inflates, present participle inflating, simple past and past participle inflated)
- (transitive) To enlarge an object by pushing air (or a gas) into it; to raise or expand abnormally
- 1782, John Scott of Amwell, An Essay on Painting
- When passion's tumults in the bosom rise, / Inflate the features, and enrage the eyes.
- 1782, John Scott of Amwell, An Essay on Painting
- (intransitive) To enlarge by filling with air (or a gas).
- (figuratively) To swell; to puff up.
- ?, Alfred Tennyson, Merlin and Vivien
- Inflate themselves with some insane delight.
- ?, Alfred Tennyson, Merlin and Vivien
- (transitive, computing) To decompress (data) that was previously deflated.
Antonyms
- deflate
Derived terms
- inflated
- inflatingly
Related terms
- inflation
Translations
Latin
Participle
?nfl?te
- vocative masculine singular of ?nfl?tus
Adverb
?nfl?t? (comparative ?nfl?tius, superlative ?nfl?tissim?)
- haughtily, proudly, pompously
References
- inflate in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- inflate in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- inflate in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- inflate in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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