Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adverb In many or multiple ways.
- intransitive verb To increase the amount, number, or degree of. synonym: increase.
- intransitive verb Mathematics To perform multiplication on.
- intransitive verb To grow in amount, number, or degree.
- intransitive verb To increase in number by reproducing.
- intransitive verb Mathematics To perform multiplication.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Middle English multiplien, from Old French multiplier, from Latin multiplicāre, from multiplex, multiplex; see multiplex.]
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