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Multiply Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Multiply? [adv] in several ways; in a multiple manner; "they were multiply checked for errors" [v] have offspring or young; "The deer in our neighborhood reproduce madly"; "The Catholic Church tells people to procreate, no matter what their economic situation may be" [v] have young; used of animals; derogatory when used for people [v] combine or increase by multiplication; "He managed to multiply his profits" [v] combine by multiplication; "multiply 10 by 15" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Multiply: manifold \| procreate \| reproduce Related Terms \| Find terms related to Multiply: abound with \| accrue \| accumulate \| add \| advance \| aggrandize \| algebraize \| appreciate \| army \| augment \| balloon \| be alive with \| be fruitful \| be productive \| bear \| beef up \| beget \| bloat \| boom \| boost \| breed \| breed true \| bristle with \| broaden \| build \| burst with \| calculate \| cast \| cipher \| cloud \| clutter \| compute \| copulate \| crawl with \| creep with \| crescendo \| crossbreed \| crowd \| crush \| develop \| divide \| dope out \| drove \| engender \| enlarge \| estimate \| expand \| extend \| extract roots \| father \| figure \| figure in \| figure out \| flock \| fructify \| gain \| gain strength \| generate \| get \| get ahead \| go up \| grow \| heighten \| horde \| host \| inbreed \| increase \| intensify \| jam \| legion \| magnify \| make love \| measure \| mother \| mount \| multitude \| numbers \| oodles \| outbreed \| overflow with \| pack \| press \| procreate \| produce \| proliferate \| propagate \| pullulate \| pullulate with \| push \| quantities \| reckon \| reproduce \| reproduce in kind \| rise \| rout \| run up \| score \| scores \| shoot up \| sire \| snowball \| spread \| squash \| strengthen \| subtract \| swarm with \| swell \| take account of \| tally \| teem \| teem with \| throng \| throng with \| upsurge \| wax \| widen \| work out See Also \| breed \| brood \| calculate \| cipher \| compute \| cover \| create \| cube \| cypher \| double \| duplicate \| figure \| fructify \| hatch \| increase \| incubate \| make \| multiply \| proliferate \| propagate \| pullulate \| quadruple \| quintuple \| raise \| reckon \| set \| square \| treble \| triple \| work out Multiply In Webster's Dictionary \Mul"tiply\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Multiplied}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Multiplying}.] [F. multiplier, L. multiplicare, fr. multiplex manifold. See {Multitude}, {Complex}.] 1. To increase in number; to make more numerous; to add quantity to. Impunity will multiply motives to disobedience. --Ames. 2. (Math.) To add (any given number or quantity) to itself a certain number of times; to find the product of by multiplication; thus 7 multiplied by 8 produces the number 56; to multiply two numbers. See the Note under {Multiplication}. 3. To increase (the amount of gold or silver) by the arts of alchemy. [Obs.] {Multiplying gear} (Mach.), gear for increasing speed. {Multiplying lens}. (Opt.) See under {Lens}. \Mul"tiply\, v. i. 1. To become greater in number; to become numerous. When men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them. --Gen. vi. 1. 2. To increase in extent and influence; to spread. The word of God grew and multiplied. --Acts xii. 24. 3. To increase amount of gold or silver by the arts of alchemy. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

Multiply Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Multiply?

[adv] in several ways; in a multiple manner; "they were multiply checked for errors"
[v] have offspring or young; "The deer in our neighborhood reproduce madly"; "The Catholic Church tells people to procreate, no matter what their economic situation may be"
[v] have young; used of animals; derogatory when used for people
[v] combine or increase by multiplication; "He managed to multiply his profits"
[v] combine by multiplication; "multiply 10 by 15"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Multiply: manifold | procreate | reproduce

Multiply In Webster's Dictionary

\Mul"ti*ply\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Multiplied}; p. pr.
& vb. n. {Multiplying}.] [F. multiplier, L. multiplicare, fr.
multiplex manifold. See {Multitude}, {Complex}.]
1. To increase in number; to make more numerous; to add
   quantity to.

         Impunity will multiply motives to disobedience.
                                               --Ames.

2. (Math.) To add (any given number or quantity) to itself a
   certain number of times; to find the product of by
   multiplication; thus 7 multiplied by 8 produces the number
   56; to multiply two numbers. See the Note under
   {Multiplication}.

3. To increase (the amount of gold or silver) by the arts of
   alchemy. [Obs.]

{Multiplying gear} (Mach.), gear for increasing speed.

{Multiplying lens}. (Opt.) See under {Lens}.


\Mul"ti*ply\, v. i.
1. To become greater in number; to become numerous.

         When men began to multiply on the face of the earth,
         and daughters were born unto them.    --Gen. vi. 1.

2. To increase in extent and influence; to spread.

         The word of God grew and multiplied.  --Acts xii.
                                               24.

3. To increase amount of gold or silver by the arts of
   alchemy. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

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