Proliferate

[prə'lɪfəreɪt] or [prə'lɪfə'ret]

Definition

(verb.) cause to grow or increase rapidly; 'We must not proliferate nuclear arms'.

(verb.) grow rapidly; 'Pizza parlors proliferate in this area'.

Inputed by Doris--From WordNet

Definition

(v. t.) To produce or form cells; especially, to produce cells rapidly.

(v. t.) To produce zooids by budding.

Inputed by Joanna

Definition

v.i. to grow by multiplication of elementary parts: (zool.) to reproduce by proliferation.—v.t. to bear by reproduction.—n. Proliferā′tion the birth and growth of generative zoé°…ds.—adjs. Prolif′erātive Prolif′erous.—adv. Prolif′erously.

Typist: Wolfgang