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mul⋅ti-ply

[muhl-tee-plahy, muhl-tahy-]
–adjective
having or composed of several plies: a multi-ply fabric.

Origin:
1935–40

mul⋅ti⋅ply

1[muhl-tuh-plahy] verb, -plied, -ply⋅ing.
–verb (used with object)
1. to make many or manifold; increase the number, quantity, etc., of.
2. Arithmetic. to find the product of by multiplication.
3. to breed (animals).
4. to propagate (plants).
5. to increase by procreation.
–verb (used without object)
6. to grow in number, quantity, etc.; increase.
7. Arithmetic. to perform the process of multiplication.
8. to increase in number by procreation or natural generation.

Origin:
1225–75; ME multiplien < OF multiplier < L multiplicāre. See multi-, ply 2


6. magnify, enlarge, intensify.

mul⋅ti⋅ply

2[muhl-tuh-plee]
–adverb
in several or many ways; in a multiple manner; manifoldly.

Origin:
1880–85; multiple + -ly
mul·ti·ply 1   (mŭl'tə-plī')   
v.   mul·ti·plied, mul·ti·ply·ing, mul·ti·plies

v.   tr.
  1. To increase the amount, number, or degree of.
  2. Mathematics To perform multiplication on.
v.   intr.
  1. To grow in amount, number, or degree. See Synonyms at increase.
  2. To breed or propagate.
  3. Mathematics To perform multiplication.

[Middle English multiplien, from Old French multiplier, from Latin multiplicāre, from multiplex, multiplex; see multiplex.]
mul·ti·ply 2   (mŭl'tə-plē')   
adv.  In many or multiple ways.

Multiply

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.

Multiply

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.
Language Translation for : multiply
Spanish: multiplicar,
German: multipliziert,
Japanese: 掛ける

multiply 
c.1150, "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 from c.1391.

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

  1. To increase the amount, number, or degree of.
  2. To breed or propagate.

multiply   (mŭl'tə-plī')  Pronunciation Key 
To perform multiplication on a pair of quantities.
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