Multiply definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary MUL'TIPLY, v.t. [L ... by natural generation or production, or by addition; as, to multiply men, horses or other animals; to multiply evils. I will multiply my signs and wonders in Egypt. Exodus 7. Impunity will multiply motives to disobedience. 2. In arithmetic, to increase any given ... i. To grow or increase in number. Be fruitful and multiply. Genesis 1. When men began to multiply on the ...
... which is set or thrust in.] 1. To continue or multiply the kind by generation or successive production; applied to animals ... 7: cause to propagate, as by grafting or layering 8: multiply sexually or asexually Merriam Webster's verb (-gated; -gating) Etymology ... sound or light) through a medium intransitive verb 1. to multiply sexually or asexually 2. increase, extend 3. to travel through ... etc.). Derivatives: propagation n. propagative adj. Etymology: L propagare propagat- multiply plants from layers, f. propago (as PRO-(1), pangere fix ... Prop, Prune, v. t.] 1. To cause to continue or multiply by generation, or successive production; -- applied to animals and plants ... religion. The infection was propagated insensibly. --De Foe. 4. To multiply; to increase. [Obs.] Griefs of mine own lie heavy ...
... to square accounts; a popular phrase. 8. In arithmetic, to multiply a number by itself; as, to square the number. 9 ... to a right angle < squared his shoulders > 3. a. to multiply (a number) by itself ; raise to the second power b ... give a rectangular cross-section to (timber etc.). 2 tr. multiply (a number) by itself (3 squared is 9). 3 tr ... difference; to balance; as, to square accounts. 6. (Math.) To multiply by itself; as, to square a number or a quantity ... ADJ: amount ADJ 6. To square a number means to multiply it by itself. For example, 3 squared is 3 x ... as 32. Take the time in seconds, square it, and multiply by 5.12... A squared plus B squared equals ...
... greater (as in size, amount, number, or intensity) 2. to multiply by the production of young transitive verb 1. to make ... obsolete enrich • increasable adjective • increaser noun Synonyms: increase, enlarge, augment, multiply mean to make or become greater. increase used intransitively implies ... well grown or well developed < the inheritance augmented his fortune >. multiply implies increase in number by natural generation or by indefinite ... increase, Even as our days do grow! --Shak. 2. To multiply by the production of young; to be fertile, fruitful, or ... decreases when the latter is diminished. Syn: To enlarge; extend; multiply; expand; develop; heighten; amplify; raise; enhance; spread; aggravate; magnify; augment ... augment, enlarge, greaten, be augmented, become greater or larger. 2. Multiply, be fruitful. II. v. a. 1. Augment, enlarge, greaten, ...
... definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary MUL'TIPLICATIVE, a. Tending to multiply; having the power to multiply or increase numbers. WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) adj 1: tending or having the power to multiply or increase in number or quantity or degree; "the multiplicative ... adjective Date: 1653 1. tending or having the power to multiply 2. of, relating to, or associated with a mathematical operation ... ti*pli*ca*tive, a. [Cf. F. multiplicatif.] Tending to multiply; having the power to multiply, or incease numbers.
... three or more dimensions v 1: make multiple copies of; "multiply a letter" 2: combine or increase by multiplication; "He managed to multiply his profits" [syn: multiply, manifold] Merriam Webster's I. adjective Etymology: Middle English, from ... Date: before 12th century transitive verb 1. to make manifold ; multiply 2. to make several or many copies of intransitive verb ... where it is equivalent to "many"), and of rabhabh, "to multiply," "to increase" (Ps 104:24, "O Yahweh, how manifold are ...
... Anglo-French multiplicacion, from Latin multiplication-, multiplicatio, from multiplicare to multiply Date: 14th century 1. the act or process of multiplying ... adj. Etymology: ME f. OF multiplication or L multiplicatio (as MULTIPLY) Webster's 1913 Dictionary Multiplication Mul`ti*pli*ca"tion, n. [L. multiplicatio: cf. F. multiplication. See Multiply.] 1. The act or process of multiplying, or of increasing ... symbol. Corresponding extensions of meaning are given to the words multiply, multiplier, multiplicand, and product. Thus, since [phi](x + y) = [phi ...
... make or become twice as much or many; increase twofold; multiply by two. 2 tr. amount to twice as much as ... adding an equal number, quantity, length, value, or the like; multiply by two; to double a sum of money; to double ... doubly, twofold. III. v. a. 1. Fold, plait. 2. Duplicate, multiply by two, make twice as much. 3. ( Naut. ) Sail round ... microfilm, middle, mimeo, mimeograph, miniature, mirror image, mirroring, model, multigraph, multiply by two, next best thing, no other, none other, obliquity ...
... communications with; "They managed to raise Hanoi last night" 23: multiply (a number) by itself a specified number of times: 8 ... 10. to cause to ascend < raise the dust > 11. to multiply (a quantity) by itself a specified number of times < raise ... promote to a higher rank. 11 (foll. by to) Math. multiply a quantity to a specified power. 12 cause (bread) to ...
... 1: greatly increased as by multiplication Webster's 1913 Dictionary Multiply Mul"ti*ply, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Multiplied; p ... to make more numerous; to add quantity to. Impunity will multiply motives to disobedience. --Ames. 2. (Math.) To add (any given ... thus 7 multiplied by 8 produces the number 56; to multiply two numbers. See the Note under Multiplication. 3. To increase ...
... Prop, Prune, v. t.] 1. To cause to continue or multiply by generation, or successive production; -- applied to animals and plants ... religion. The infection was propagated insensibly. --De Foe. 4. To multiply; to increase. [Obs.] Griefs of mine own lie heavy in ... motion, and life threw off life. --De Quincey. Syn: To multiply; continue; increase; spread; diffuse; disseminate; promote.
... pandas rarely breed in captivity"; "These bacteria reproduce" [syn: breed, multiply] Merriam Webster's I. verb (bred; breeding) Etymology: Middle English ... i. 1. To bear and nourish young; to reproduce or multiply itself; to be pregnant. That they breed abundantly in the ... male line, manner, mark, matriclan, mature, mint, mold, mother, mount, multiply, muster up, nation, nature, new generation, number, nurse, nurture, occasion ...
... Prop, Prune, v. t.] 1. To cause to continue or multiply by generation, or successive production; -- applied to animals and plants ... religion. The infection was propagated insensibly. --De Foe. 4. To multiply; to increase. [Obs.] Griefs of mine own lie heavy in ... motion, and life threw off life. --De Quincey. Syn: To multiply; continue; increase; spread; diffuse; disseminate; promote.