prolificatev.

Brit.

/prəˈlɪfᵻkeɪt/, U.S.

/prəˈlɪfᵻˌkeɪt/,

/proʊˈlɪfᵻˌkeɪt/

Origin: Either (i) formed within English, by derivation. Or (ii) a borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: prolific adj.; Latin prolificus , -ate suffix³.

Etymology: < prolific adj. or its etymon post-classical Latin prolificus + -ate suffix³, after prolification n. Compare post-classical Latin prolificare to procreate (14th cent. in a British source), and Portuguese prolificar (first half of the 17th cent.), Italian prolificare (1460), both intransitive.

rare.

transitive. To render prolific; †to fertilize (obsolete); to make plentiful or widespread.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > fecundation or impregnation > [verb (transitive)]

geta1375

to beget with childa1393

impregn?c1550

season1555

enwomb1590

knock1598

with-child1605

fill1607

fertilitate1638

ingravidate1642

impregnate1646

improlificate1646

prolificate1650

pregnant1660

pregnate1686

fecundate1721

fecundify1736

to knock up1813

to put in the family way1898

inseminate1923

to get or put (someone) in the (pudding) club1936

stork1936

to put in the way1960

1650 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica (ed. 2) iii. xxviii. 151 The sperm of the Cock improlificates [Errata: prolificates] and makes the oval conception fruitful.

1855 T. T. Lynch Lett. to Scattered (1872) vi. 82 His gift of mercy is infinite, and through eternity renews and prolificates blessings.

1976 H. Tennessen in J. L. Christian Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence 244 They would generate indeterminate sets of explanatory systems, proliferate and prolificate theories, and churn out a lavish array of hypotheses.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	prolificate
释义	prolificatev. Brit. /prəˈlɪfᵻkeɪt/, U.S. /prəˈlɪfᵻˌkeɪt/, /proʊˈlɪfᵻˌkeɪt/ Origin: Either (i) formed within English, by derivation. Or (ii) a borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: prolific adj.; Latin prolificus , -ate suffix³. Etymology: < prolific adj. or its etymon post-classical Latin prolificus + -ate suffix³, after prolification n. Compare post-classical Latin prolificare to procreate (14th cent. in a British source), and Portuguese prolificar (first half of the 17th cent.), Italian prolificare (1460), both intransitive. rare. transitive. To render prolific; †to fertilize (obsolete); to make plentiful or widespread. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > fecundation or impregnation > [verb (transitive)] geta1375 to beget with childa1393 impregn?c1550 season1555 enwomb1590 knock1598 with-child1605 fill1607 fertilitate1638 ingravidate1642 impregnate1646 improlificate1646 prolificate1650 pregnant1660 pregnate1686 fecundate1721 fecundify1736 to knock up1813 to put in the family way1898 inseminate1923 to get or put (someone) in the (pudding) club1936 stork1936 to put in the way1960 1650 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica (ed. 2) iii. xxviii. 151 The sperm of the Cock improlificates [Errata: prolificates] and makes the oval conception fruitful. 1855 T. T. Lynch Lett. to Scattered (1872) vi. 82 His gift of mercy is infinite, and through eternity renews and prolificates blessings. 1976 H. Tennessen in J. L. Christian Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence 244 They would generate indeterminate sets of explanatory systems, proliferate and prolificate theories, and churn out a lavish array of hypotheses. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1650
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