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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Multiply \Mul"ti*ply\, verb (used with an object) [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}.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
multiply
adverb: in several ways; in a multiple manner; "they were multiply checked for errors" [ant: {singly}]
verb
1: combine by multiplication; "multiply 10 by 15" [ant: {divide}]
2: combine or increase by multiplication; "He managed to multiply his profits" [syn: {manifold}]
3: have young (animals); "pandas rarely breed in captivity" [syn: {breed}]
4: 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" [syn: {reproduce}, {procreate}] [also: {multiplied}]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
multiplied See {multiply}
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
multiplied
adjective: greatly increased as by multiplication
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
34 Moby Thesaurus words for "multiplied": accelerated, aggrandized, amplified, augmented, beefed-up, bloated, boosted, broadened, deepened, elevated, enhanced, enlarged, expanded, extended, heightened, hiked, increased, inflated, intensified, jazzed up, magnified, manifold, multifold, multiple, polynomial, proliferated, raised, reinforced, spread, stiffened, strengthened, swollen, tightened, widened
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