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proliferous

English

Adjective

proliferous (comparative more proliferous, superlative most proliferous)

  1. producing many offspring; prolific or proliferative
  2. (botany) producing many buds or offshoots from leaves or flowers
  3. (zoology) reproducing by budding

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proliferate

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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Translations

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

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