Definition of multiply

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Multiply (v. i.) To increase amount of gold or silver by the arts of alchemy.

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Breed :: Breed (v. i.) To bear and nourish young; to reproduce or multiply itself; to be pregnant.
Pluralize :: Pluralize (v. t.) To multiply; to make manifold.
Multiply :: Multiply (v. i.) To increase amount of gold or silver by the arts of alchemy.
Quadruple :: Quadruple (v. t.) To multiply by four; to increase fourfold; to double; to double twice.
Siderography :: Siderography (n.) The art or practice of steel engraving; especially, the process, invented by Perkins, of multiplying facsimiles of an engraved steel plate by first rolling over it, when hardened, a soft steel cylinder, and then rolling the cylinder, when hardened, over a soft steel plate, which thus becomes a facsimile of the original. The process has been superseded by electrotypy..
Multiplication :: Multiplication (n.) The act or process of multiplying, or of increasing in number; the state of being multiplied; as, the multiplication of the human species by natural generation..
Septuple :: Septuple (v. t.) To multiply by seven; to make sevenfold.
Multiplier :: Multiplier (n.) An instrument for multiplying or increasing by repetition or accumulation the intensity of a force or action, as heat or electricity. It is particularly used to render such a force or action appreciable or measurable when feeble. See Thermomultiplier..
Square :: Square (n.) To multiply by itself; as, to square a number or a quantity..
Digenesis :: Digenesis (n.) The faculty of multiplying in two ways; -- by ova fecundated by spermatic fluid, and asexually, as by buds. See Parthenogenesis..
Papyrograph :: Papyrograph (n.) An apparatus for multiplying writings, drawings, etc., in which a paper stencil, formed by writing or drawing with corrosive ink, is used. The word is also used of other means of multiplying copies of writings, drawings, etc. See Copygraph, Hectograph, Manifold..
Multiply :: Multiply (v. t.) To increase in number; to make more numerous; to add quantity to.
Meride :: Meride (n.) A permanent colony of cells or plastids which may remain isolated, like Rotifer, or may multiply by gemmation to form higher aggregates, termed zoides..
Gemmule :: Gemmule (n.) One of the imaginary granules or atoms which, according to Darwin's hypothesis of pangenesis, are continually being thrown off from every cell or unit, and circulate freely throughout the system, and when supplied with proper nutriment multiply by self-division and ultimately develop into cells like those from which they were derived. They are supposed to be transmitted from the parent to the offspring, but are often transmitted in a dormant state during many generations and are the
Polyphonist :: Polyphonist (n.) A proficient in the art of multiplying sounds; a ventriloquist.
Increase :: Increase (v. i.) To multiply by the production of young; to be fertile, fruitful, or prolific..
Bacterium :: Bacterium (n.) A microscopic vegetable organism, belonging to the class Algae, usually in the form of a jointed rodlike filament, and found in putrefying organic infusions. Bacteria are destitute of chlorophyll, and are the smallest of microscopic organisms. They are very widely diffused in nature, and multiply with marvelous rapidity, both by fission and by spores. Certain species are active agents in fermentation, while others appear to be the cause of certain infectious diseases. See Bacillus
Pullulate :: Pullulate (v. i.) To germinate; to bud; to multiply abundantly.
Polyacoustic :: Polyacoustic (a.) Multiplying or magnifying sound.
Gemmiferous :: Gemmiferous (a.) multiplying by buds.
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