multiply

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Those who live by working the land will multiply, and land will again be scarce.

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  1. transitive verb To increase the amount, number, or degree of.
  2. transitive verb Mathematics To perform multiplication on.
  3. intransitive verb To grow in amount, number, or degree. See Synonyms at increase.

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multiply:   multiplying ·  multiplied ·  multiplies
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  1. Middle English multiplien, from Old French multiplier, from Latin multiplicāre, from multiplex, multiplex; see multiplex.

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  1. from Middle English multiplien, multiplyen, multeplien, from Old French multiplier, malteplier, from French multiplier = Spanish Portuguese multiplicar = Italian multiplicare, moltiplicare, from Latin multiplicare, make manifold, multiply, increase, from multiplex, manifold: see multiplex.
 

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/ˈməltɪpli/
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