prolificationn.

Brit.

/prəˌlɪfᵻˈkeɪʃn/, U.S.

/prəˌlɪfəˈkeɪʃn/,

/ˈˌproʊləfəˈkeɪʃn/

Forms: Middle English prolificacion, 1600s– prolification.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin prolification-, prolificatio.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin prolification-, prolificatio procreation (c1375, c1500 in British sources; 15th cent. in a continental source) < prolificat- , past participial stem of prolificare prolificate v. + classical Latin -iō -ion suffix¹. Compare Middle French prolification prolificness (14th cent.), procreation (1564; French prolification).

a. The generation or production of offspring; (also) reproductive power, fertility. Also figurative. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > [noun]

i-streonc893

strainc950

akennessOE

spreadingOE

upspringc1000

akenningOE

akennednessOE

strainc1175

streningc1230

begetc1330

begettingc1330

engendrurec1350

generationa1382

gettinga1382

genderingc1384

multiplicationa1387

increase1390

prolificationa1393

procreationc1395

engenderinga1400

gendrure?a1400

engendure?a1425

progeniturec1429

propagation?1440

teemingc1450

breeda1500

geniturea1500

engenderment1507

progeneration1548

fathering1549

engender1556

race1561

multiplying1599

pullulation1641

progermination1648

reproduction1713

face-making1785

baby-making1827

begettal1864

fertility1866

a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) iv. 3248 Thou makst prolificacion, And dost that children ben begete.

1608 E. Topsell Hist. Serpents 5 The Wisards..making a sacrifice, gaue aunswere that it betokened prolification, or birth of children.

a1687 W. Petty Papers (1927) I. 194 From the difference between males & females, and the difference [in the] duration of their prolification, may be found what number of males may be spared for employments whereunto Cnelibet is suitable.

1702 R. Gibson in First Dutch War (Navy Rec. Soc.) 46 It is confessed we want people. To help this evil..prohibit all French wines (its tartar, &c., hindering prolification).

1795 J. Haslewood Secret Hist. Green-room I. 20 Mrs. Farren was more remarkable for her prolification, than for any display of dramatic talents.

1824 J. Gilchrist Etymol. Interpreter 250 Specimens of the metaphoric prolification of the present literature.

1894 Jrnl. Royal Statist. Soc. 57 702 The best chances of prolification are offered by the wedding of 18–20 years-aged females with 24–26 years-aged males.

1905 Amer. Jrnl. Sociol. 11 186 Submerged in their prolification, impoverished by the decline of agriculture, and discouraged by the unjust distribution of taxes between the north and the south, to these people emigration offers the only relief.

1933 Amer. Jrnl. Sociol. 38 697 Man by his prolification under the favorable conditions afforded by his mastery over nature often upsets the balance of the region.

†b. In plural. Offspring, progeny. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > [noun] > offspring

seedOE

offspringOE

begottena1325

birtha1325

issuea1325

burgeoninga1340

fruit of the loinsa1340

young onec1384

increasement1389

geta1400

gendera1425

procreation1461

progeniturec1487

engendera1500

propagation1536

feture1537

increase1552

breed1574

spawn1590

bowela1593

teeming1599

pullulation1641

prolifications1646

educt1677

produce1823

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica iii. xii. 134 The off-springs of sensible creatures and prolifications descending from double originalls.

a. Botany. The condition of having, or process of developing, adventitious buds, flowers, or shoots. Cf. proliferation n. 1, proliferous adj. 2. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > part of plant > bud > [noun] > budding

budding1398

knotting1611

proliferation1759

gemmation1760

prolification1760

pullulation1829

out-budding1841

1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. i. xx. 61 In umbellate Flowers, the Prolification is by the Encrease of the Umbellulæ.

1800 E. Darwin Phytologia ii. xiv. 308 The duplicature and prolification of flowers is often occasioned by insects.

1869 M. T. Masters Veg. Teratol. 100 In accordance with these differences we have median, axillary, and extra-floral prolification, each admitting of subdivision into a leafy or floral variety, according to the nature of the adventitious bud.

1889 A. W. Bennett & G. R. M. Murray Handbk. Cryptogamic Bot. 289 Other modes of non-sexual propagation occur in some of the genera [of Siphonocladaceae], by ‘propagules’ or by ‘prolification’.

1913 W. Bateson Mendel's Princ. Heredity (new ed.) 197 Another kind of doubling is due to what is termed proliferation or prolification (Masters) of the floral envelopes.

1991 A. D. Bell Plant Form (1993) i. 176/2 The production of tillers in normally sterile spikelets is termed prolification or false vivipary.

b. Zoology. Reproduction (of cells or animals) by division or budding. Cf. proliferation n. 2. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > invertebrates > colony or compound organism > [noun] > reproduction by budding

prolification1865

proliferation1890

1865 Nat. Hist. Rev. July 368 O. F. Müller, in his ‘Zoologia Danica’ (1788) figured a small Annelid (Nereis prolifera) in the act of reproducing itself by division... Quatrefages and Milne Edwards..observed prolification in Syllis and Myrianida.

1888 Amer. Jrnl. Psychol. 1 706 Active prolification of the adjacent epithelial cells then occurs.

1919 Science 28 Nov. 503/1 Essentially and disregarding complicating factors, the same stimulus leads to the migration of cells and to cell prolification in wound healing.

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

单词	prolification
释义	prolificationn. Brit. /prəˌlɪfᵻˈkeɪʃn/, U.S. /prəˌlɪfəˈkeɪʃn/, /ˈˌproʊləfəˈkeɪʃn/ Forms: Middle English prolificacion, 1600s– prolification. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin prolification-, prolificatio. Etymology: < post-classical Latin prolification-, prolificatio procreation (c1375, c1500 in British sources; 15th cent. in a continental source) < prolificat- , past participial stem of prolificare prolificate v. + classical Latin -iō -ion suffix¹. Compare Middle French prolification prolificness (14th cent.), procreation (1564; French prolification). 1. a. The generation or production of offspring; (also) reproductive power, fertility. Also figurative. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > [noun] i-streonc893 strainc950 akennessOE spreadingOE upspringc1000 akenningOE akennednessOE strainc1175 streningc1230 begetc1330 begettingc1330 engendrurec1350 generationa1382 gettinga1382 genderingc1384 multiplicationa1387 increase1390 prolificationa1393 procreationc1395 engenderinga1400 gendrure?a1400 engendure?a1425 progeniturec1429 propagation?1440 teemingc1450 breeda1500 geniturea1500 engenderment1507 progeneration1548 fathering1549 engender1556 race1561 multiplying1599 pullulation1641 progermination1648 reproduction1713 face-making1785 baby-making1827 begettal1864 fertility1866 a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) iv. 3248 Thou makst prolificacion, And dost that children ben begete. 1608 E. Topsell Hist. Serpents 5 The Wisards..making a sacrifice, gaue aunswere that it betokened prolification, or birth of children. a1687 W. Petty Papers (1927) I. 194 From the difference between males & females, and the difference [in the] duration of their prolification, may be found what number of males may be spared for employments whereunto Cnelibet is suitable. 1702 R. Gibson in First Dutch War (Navy Rec. Soc.) 46 It is confessed we want people. To help this evil..prohibit all French wines (its tartar, &c., hindering prolification). 1795 J. Haslewood Secret Hist. Green-room I. 20 Mrs. Farren was more remarkable for her prolification, than for any display of dramatic talents. 1824 J. Gilchrist Etymol. Interpreter 250 Specimens of the metaphoric prolification of the present literature. 1894 Jrnl. Royal Statist. Soc. 57 702 The best chances of prolification are offered by the wedding of 18–20 years-aged females with 24–26 years-aged males. 1905 Amer. Jrnl. Sociol. 11 186 Submerged in their prolification, impoverished by the decline of agriculture, and discouraged by the unjust distribution of taxes between the north and the south, to these people emigration offers the only relief. 1933 Amer. Jrnl. Sociol. 38 697 Man by his prolification under the favorable conditions afforded by his mastery over nature often upsets the balance of the region. †b. In plural. Offspring, progeny. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > [noun] > offspring seedOE offspringOE begottena1325 birtha1325 issuea1325 burgeoninga1340 fruit of the loinsa1340 young onec1384 increasement1389 geta1400 gendera1425 procreation1461 progeniturec1487 engendera1500 propagation1536 feture1537 increase1552 breed1574 spawn1590 bowela1593 teeming1599 pullulation1641 prolifications1646 educt1677 produce1823 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica iii. xii. 134 The off-springs of sensible creatures and prolifications descending from double originalls. View more context for this quotation 2. a. Botany. The condition of having, or process of developing, adventitious buds, flowers, or shoots. Cf. proliferation n. 1, proliferous adj. 2. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > bud > [noun] > budding budding1398 knotting1611 proliferation1759 gemmation1760 prolification1760 pullulation1829 out-budding1841 1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. i. xx. 61 In umbellate Flowers, the Prolification is by the Encrease of the Umbellulæ. 1800 E. Darwin Phytologia ii. xiv. 308 The duplicature and prolification of flowers is often occasioned by insects. 1869 M. T. Masters Veg. Teratol. 100 In accordance with these differences we have median, axillary, and extra-floral prolification, each admitting of subdivision into a leafy or floral variety, according to the nature of the adventitious bud. 1889 A. W. Bennett & G. R. M. Murray Handbk. Cryptogamic Bot. 289 Other modes of non-sexual propagation occur in some of the genera [of Siphonocladaceae], by ‘propagules’ or by ‘prolification’. 1913 W. Bateson Mendel's Princ. Heredity (new ed.) 197 Another kind of doubling is due to what is termed proliferation or prolification (Masters) of the floral envelopes. 1991 A. D. Bell Plant Form (1993) i. 176/2 The production of tillers in normally sterile spikelets is termed prolification or false vivipary. b. Zoology. Reproduction (of cells or animals) by division or budding. Cf. proliferation n. 2. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > colony or compound organism > [noun] > reproduction by budding prolification1865 proliferation1890 1865 Nat. Hist. Rev. July 368 O. F. Müller, in his ‘Zoologia Danica’ (1788) figured a small Annelid (Nereis prolifera) in the act of reproducing itself by division... Quatrefages and Milne Edwards..observed prolification in Syllis and Myrianida. 1888 Amer. Jrnl. Psychol. 1 706 Active prolification of the adjacent epithelial cells then occurs. 1919 Science 28 Nov. 503/1 Essentially and disregarding complicating factors, the same stimulus leads to the migration of cells and to cell prolification in wound healing. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1393
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