'Multiply' definitions:
Definition of 'multiply'
(from WordNet)
adverb
In several ways; in a multiple manner; "they were multiply checked for errors" [ant: singly]
verb
verb
Combine or increase by multiplication; "He managed to multiply his profits" [syn: multiply, manifold]
verb
Have young (animals) or reproduce (organisms); "pandas rarely breed in captivity"; "These bacteria reproduce" [syn: breed, multiply]
verb
Definition of 'Multiply'
From: GCIDE
- Multiply \Mul"ti*ply\, v. i.
- 1. To become greater in number; to become numerous. [1913 Webster]
- When men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them. --Gen. vi. 1. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To increase in extent and influence; to spread. [1913 Webster]
- The word of God grew and multiplied. --Acts xii. 24. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To increase amount of gold or silver by the arts of alchemy. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Multiply'
From: GCIDE
- Multiply \Mul"ti*ply\, v. t. [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. [1913 Webster]
- Impunity will multiply motives to disobedience. --Ames. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To increase (the amount of gold or silver) by the arts of alchemy. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- Multiplying gear (Mach.), gear for increasing speed.
- Multiplying lens. (Opt.) See under Lens. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'multiply'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abound with,
- accrue,
- accumulate,
- add,
- advance,
- aggrandize,
- algebraize,
- appreciate,
- army,
- augment,
- balloon,
- be alive with,
- be fruitful,
- be productive,
- bear,
- beef up,
- beget,
- bloat,
- boom,
- boost,
- breed,
- breed true,
- bristle with,
- broaden,
- build,
- burst with,
- calculate,
- cast,
- cipher,
- cloud,
- clutter,
- compute,
- copulate,
- crawl with,
- creep with,
- crescendo,
- crossbreed,
- crowd,
- crush,
- develop,
- divide,
- dope out,
- drove,
- engender,
- enlarge,
- estimate,
- expand,
- extend,
- extract roots,
- father,
- figure,
- figure in,
- figure out,
- flock,
- fructify,
- gain,
- gain strength,
- generate,
- get,
- get ahead,
- go up,
- grow,
- heighten,
- horde,
- host,
- inbreed,
- increase,
- intensify,
- jam,
- legion,
- magnify,
- make love,
- measure,
- mother,
- mount,
- multitude,
- numbers,
- oodles,
- outbreed,
- overflow with,
- pack,
- press,
- procreate,
- produce,
- proliferate,
- propagate,
- pullulate,
- pullulate with,
- push,
- quantities,
- reckon,
- reproduce,
- reproduce in kind,
- rise,
- rout,
- run up,
- score,
- scores,
- shoot up,
- sire,
- snowball,
- spread,
- squash,
- strengthen,
- subtract,
- swarm with,
- swell,
- take account of,
- tally,
- teem,
- teem with,
- throng,
- throng with,
- upsurge,
- wax,
- widen,
- work out