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† ˈprolify, v. Obs. rare. [ad. med.L. prōlificāre to prolificate.] intr. To produce offspring.
1605Timme Quersit. ii. xiv. 67 The white [of eggs]..having in [it] the prolifying power, whereof chiefly the bird is begotten. 1659Sanderson Wks. (1854) V. 338 There remained in the heart of such some piece of ill-temper unreformed, which in time prolified, and sent out great and wasting sins. |