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multiplied

[muhl-tuh-plahy]

Origin

verb (used with object)

to make many or manifold; increase the number, quantity, etc., of.

Arithmetic. to find the product of by multiplication.

to breed (animals).

to propagate (plants).

to increase by procreation.

verb (used without object)

to grow in number, quantity, etc.; increase.

Arithmetic. to perform the process of multiplication.

to increase in number by procreation or natural generation.

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a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.

a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.

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Origin:
1225–75; Middle English multiplien < Old French multiplier < Latin multiplicāre. See multi-, ply²

Related forms

self-mul·ti·plied, adjective

self-mul·ti·ply·ing, adjective

un·mul·ti·plied, adjective

un·mul·ti·ply·ing, adjective

Synonyms
6. magnify, enlarge, intensify.

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Word Origin & History

multiply

mid-12c., "to cause to become many," from O.Fr. multiplier, from L. multiplicare "to increase," from multiplex (gen. multiplicis) "having many folds, many times as great in number," from multi- "many" + base of plicare "to fold" see ply (v.)). Mathematical sense is attested

EXPAND

from late 14c. Related: Multiplier.

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Medical Dictionary

multiply mul·ti·ply (mŭl'tə-plī')
v. mul·ti·plied, mul·ti·ply·ing, mul·ti·plies