different between terms vs prolificate

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /t??mz/
• (US) IPA^(key): /t?mz/

Noun

terms

1. plural of term

Verb

terms

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of term

Anagrams

• ERTMS

Swedish

Noun

terms

1. indefinite genitive singular of term

English

Etymology

See prolific.

Verb

prolificate (third-person singular simple present prolificates, present participle prolificating, simple past and past participle prolificated)

1. (dated, transitive) To make prolific; to fertilize; to impregnate.
   • 1970, R. W. Buntenbach, "A generalized circuit model for multiwinding inductive devices", IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, March

     ...it enables simultaneous and self-consistent treatment of the magnetic circuit together with the associated purely electrical circuits and should prolificate the understanding and usage of electromagnetic components and systems.

   • 1646, Sir Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica

     A greater difficulty, in the doctrine of eggs, is, how the sperm of the cock prolificates and makes the oval conception fruitful...

Italian

Verb

prolificate

1. second-person plural present indicative of prolificare
2. second-person plural imperative of prolificare
3. feminine plural of prolificato