Proliferate



GRE 蓝宝 Barron TOEFL

解释

GRE 红宝书

• v. 繁殖; 激增
• ［英］ v. 繁殖 ( to grow by rapid production) ; 激增 ( to increase rapidly; multiply)
• ［记］ pro ( 向前) +lifer ( 后代) +ate -> 后代增加 -> 繁殖

Webster Collegiate

verb (-ated; -ating)

• Etymology: back-formation from proliferation, from French prolifération, from proliférer to proliferate, from prolifère reproducing freely, from Latin proles + -fer -ferous
• Date: 1873
• intransitive verb
  • 1. to grow by rapid production of new parts, cells, buds, or offspring
  • 2. to increase in number as if by proliferating ; multiply
• transitive verb
  • 1. to cause to grow by proliferating
  • 2. to cause to increase in number or extent as if by proliferating
• ? proliferation noun
• ? proliferative adjective

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