MULTIPLY
\mˈʌltɪplˌa͡ɪ], \mˈʌltɪplˌaɪ], \m_ˈʌ_l_t_ɪ_p_l_ˌaɪ]\
Definitions of MULTIPLY
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- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
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- 1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
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have young; used of animals; derogatory when used for people
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combine or increase by multiplication; "He managed to multiply his profits"
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combine by multiplication; "multiply 10 by 15"
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in several ways; in a multiple manner; "they were multiply checked for errors"
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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"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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combine or increase by multiplication; "He managed to multiply his profits"
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combine by multiplication; "multiply 10 by 15"
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in several ways; in a multiple manner; "they were multiply checked for errors"
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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"
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have young (animals); "pandas rarely breed in captivity"
By Princeton University
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To increase in number; to make more numerous; to add quantity to.
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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.
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To increase (the amount of gold or silver) by the arts of alchemy.
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To become greater in number; to become numerous.
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To increase in extent and influence; to spread.
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To increase amount of gold or silver by the arts of alchemy.
By Oddity Software
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To increase in number; to make more numerous; to add quantity to.
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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.
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To increase (the amount of gold or silver) by the arts of alchemy.
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To become greater in number; to become numerous.
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To increase in extent and influence; to spread.
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To increase amount of gold or silver by the arts of alchemy.
By Noah Webster.
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To cause to increase in number; make more by natural production, or addition; repeat (any given number or quantity) a given number of times.
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To increase in number or extent; as, rabbits multiply very fast.
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Multiplied.
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Multiplying.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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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.
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To increase:-pr.p. multiplying; pa.t. and pa.p. multiplied.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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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.]
By Thomas Davidson
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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]
By Sir Augustus Henry
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