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单词 proliferate
释义 pro·lif·er·ate
I. \-əˌrāt, usu -ād.+V\ verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: back-formation from proliferation
intransitive verb
1. : to grow by proliferation
 < the nerve tips proliferate — F.A.Geldord >
2. : to increase in numbers as if by proliferation : burgeon, expand, multiply, spread
 < had proliferated into eleven subsidiary agencies — Time >
 < fantasies proliferate where facts are few — Weston La Barre >
 < buildings which … proliferate farther back — Fortune >
transitive verb
1. : to cause to grow by proliferation
2. : to cause to increase in numbers as if by proliferation : produce abundantly
 < that fellow proliferated ideas — H.J.Laski >
 < tendency to proliferate jobs and men — J.K.Galbraith >
II. \-_rə̇t, -ˌrāt, usu -d.+V\ adjective
Etymology: back-formation from proliferation
: developing a leafy shoot from a normally terminal organ — used especially of a flower
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