† prolifyingadj.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin prolificare , -ing suffix².

Etymology: < post-classical Latin prolificare prolificate v. (compare -fy suffix) + -ing suffix²; compare later prolify v. In later use probably re-formed after prolified adj.

Obsolete. rare.

That imparts the capacity to reproduce. Also: that proliferates.

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1605 T. Tymme tr. J. Du Chesne Pract. Chymicall & Hermeticall Physicke ii. xiv. 67 The white [of eggs]..having in [it] the prolifying [L. prolificum] power, whereof chiefly the bird is begotten.

1894 T. H. Huxley in R. Owen & C. D. Sherborn Life Richard Owen II. 329 Sexless proliferation is, in some way dependent upon the presence in the prolifying region, of relatively unaltered descendants of the primary impregnated embryo cell.

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

单词	prolifying
释义	† prolifyingadj. Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin prolificare , -ing suffix². Etymology: < post-classical Latin prolificare prolificate v. (compare -fy suffix) + -ing suffix²; compare later prolify v. In later use probably re-formed after prolified adj. Obsolete. rare. That imparts the capacity to reproduce. Also: that proliferates. ΚΠ 1605 T. Tymme tr. J. Du Chesne Pract. Chymicall & Hermeticall Physicke ii. xiv. 67 The white [of eggs]..having in [it] the prolifying [L. prolificum] power, whereof chiefly the bird is begotten. 1894 T. H. Huxley in R. Owen & C. D. Sherborn Life Richard Owen II. 329 Sexless proliferation is, in some way dependent upon the presence in the prolifying region, of relatively unaltered descendants of the primary impregnated embryo cell. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.1605
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