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have young; used of animals; derogatory when used for people

combine or increase by multiplication; "He managed to multiply his profits"

combine by multiplication; "multiply 10 by 15"

in several ways; in a multiple manner; "they were multiply checked for errors"

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"

combine or increase by multiplication; "He managed to multiply his profits"

combine by multiplication; "multiply 10 by 15"

in several ways; in a multiple manner; "they were multiply checked for errors"

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"

have young (animals); "pandas rarely breed in captivity"

To increase in number; to make more numerous; to add quantity to.

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.

To increase (the amount of gold or silver) by the arts of alchemy.

To become greater in number; to become numerous.

To increase in extent and influence; to spread.

To increase amount of gold or silver by the arts of alchemy.

To increase in number; to make more numerous; to add quantity to.

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.

To increase (the amount of gold or silver) by the arts of alchemy.

To become greater in number; to become numerous.

To increase in extent and influence; to spread.

To increase amount of gold or silver by the arts of alchemy.

To cause to increase in number; make more by natural production, or addition; repeat (any given number or quantity) a given number of times.

To increase in number or extent; as, rabbits multiply very fast.

Multiplied.

Multiplying.

To fold or increase many times: to make more numerous: to repeat any given number or quantity as often as there are units in another number.

To increase:-pr.p. multiplying; pa.t. and pa.p. multiplied.

Multiplier.

To increase in numbers, repeat a number as often as there are units in another number.

To make or become more numerous.

To take as many times as there are units in another number.

mul'ti-pl[=i], v.t. to fold or increase many times: to make more numerous: to repeat any given number or quantity as often as there are units in another number.--v.i. to increase: to perform the arithmetical process of multiplication:--pr.p. mul'tiplying; pa.t. and pa.p. mul'tiplied.--adjs. MUL'TIPLEX, having many folds: manifold: (bot.) with petals lying in folds over each other; MULTIPL[=I]'ABLE, MUL'TIPLICABLE, that may be multiplied.--n. MUL'TIPLICAND, a number or quantity to be multiplied by another.--adj. MUL'TIPLIC[=A]TE, consisting of more than one: (bot.) multifold.--n. MULTIPLIC[=A]'TION, the act of multiplying or increasing in number: the rule or operation by which any given number or quantity is multiplied.--adj. MUL'TIPLIC[=A]TIVE, tending to multiply: having the power to multiply.--ns. MULTIPLIC'ITY, the state of being multiplied or various: a great number: MUL'TIPLIER, MUL'TIPLIC[=A]TOR, one who, or that which, multiplies or increases the number or quantity by which another is multiplied.--MULTIPLICATION TABLE, a tabular arrangement giving the products of pairs of numbers from 1 to 12.--MULTIPLYING GLASS, lens, a glass, lens, with a number of facets, causing an object to appear multiplied many times. [Fr.,--L. multiplex. See MULTIPLE.]

Produce large number of (instances &c.); breed (animals), propagate (plants); (intr.) increase in number by procreation; (Math.) substitute for (given number, the multiplicand) a number (the product) equal to a given number (the multiplier) of times its value, as m. 6 by 4& the product is 24, or 6 multiplied by 4 is 24. [old French]