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Proliferate
is a GRE word you need to know.
So is protracted. Does it mean:
| draw out or lengthen, esp. in time |
| shameless dissoluteness |
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proliferate
1873, as a term in biology, from proliferation. General sense from 1961.
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proliferate pro·lif·er·ate (prə-lĭf'ə-rāt')
v. pro·lif·er·at·ed, pro·lif·er·at·ing, pro·lif·er·ates
To grow or multiply by rapidly producing new tissue, parts, cells, or offspring.
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