单词 | prolificate |
释义 | prolificatev. 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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