different between proliferate vs fertilise

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p???l?f.??.e?t/

Verb

proliferate (third-person singular simple present proliferates, present participle proliferating, simple past and past participle proliferated)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To increase in number or spread rapidly; to multiply.

   The flowers proliferated rapidly all spring.

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Further reading

• proliferate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• proliferate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Italian

Verb

proliferate

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

Anagrams

• petrolifera

English

Etymology

fertile +? -ise

Verb

fertilise (third-person singular simple present fertilises, present participle fertilising, simple past and past participle fertilised)

1. Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of fertilize.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f??.ti.liz/
• Homophones: fertilisent, fertilises

Verb

fertilise

1. first-person singular present indicative of fertiliser
2. third-person singular present indicative of fertiliser
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of fertiliser
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of fertiliser
5. second-person singular imperative of fertiliser