Multiply

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • In a manifold way.
  • To make manifold; increase in number or quantity; make more by natural generation or reproduction, or by accumulation, addition, or repetition: as, to multiply men or horses; to multiply evils.
  • In arithmetic, to perform the operation of multiplication upon. See multiplication, 2.
  • To increase (the precious metals) by alchemical means. See multiplication, 3.
  • To grow or increase in number or extent; extend; spread.
  • In arithmetic, to perform the process of multiplication. See multiplication, 2.
  • To increase gold or silver by alchemical means.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To increase in number; to make more numerous; to add quantity to.
  • transitive verb. To add (any given number or quantity) to itself a certain number of times; to find the product of by multiplication. See the Note under Multiplication.
  • transitive verb. To increase (the amount of gold or silver) by the arts of alchemy.
  • transitive verb. gear for increasing speed.
  • transitive verb. See under Lens.
  • intransitive verb. To become greater in number; to become numerous.
  • intransitive verb. To increase in extent and influence; to spread.
  • intransitive verb. To increase amount of gold or silver by the arts of alchemy.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adverb. In many or multiple ways.
  • verb. To increase the amount, degree or number of (something).
  • verb. To perform multiplication on (a number).
  • verb. To grow in number.
  • verb. To breed or propagate.
  • verb. To perform multiplication.
  • verb. To be a factor in a multiplication with (another factor).
  • noun. An act or instance of multiplying.
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  • verb. combine by multiplication
  • verb. have young (animals) or reproduce (organisms)
  • verb. have offspring or produce more individuals of a given animal or plant
  • verb. combine or increase by multiplication
  • adverb. in several ways; in a multiple manner
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