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/mˈəltəplˌaɪ/ Listen

verb

Multiply v. t. (past & past part. multiplied; pres. part. multiplying)

1.

To increase in number; to make more numerous; to add quantity to. "Impunity will multiply motives to disobedience."

2.

(Math.) To add (any given number or quantity) to itself a certain number of times; to find the product of by multiplication; thus 7 multiplied by 8 produces the number 56; to multiply two numbers. See the Note under Multiplication.

3.

To increase (the amount of gold or silver) by the arts of alchemy. (Obs.)

Multiplying gear (Mach.), gear for increasing speed.

Multiplying lens. (Opt.) See under Lens.

Multiply v. i.

1.

To become greater in number; to become numerous. "When men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them."

2.

To increase in extent and influence; to spread. "The word of God grew and multiplied."

3.

To increase amount of gold or silver by the arts of alchemy. (Obs.)

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Etymology of 'Multiply'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Multiply" Quotes from Famous Books

... on this, as on all occasions, be disposed to adopt any measures which may advance the safety and prosperity of our country. In nothing can we more cordially unite with you than in imploring the Supreme Ruler of Nations to multiply his blessings on these United States; to guard our free and happy Constitution against every machination and danger, and to make it the best source of public happiness, by verifying its character of being the ...

— A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents - Section 1 (of 4) of Volume 1: George Washington • James D. Richardson

... ever-increasing speed toward the centre of the disturbance, the black walls springing up on each side of the impetuous waters like mighty buttresses for the lovely blue vault of the September sky, so serenely quiet. Accelerated by the rush of a small intervening rapid, our velocity appeared to multiply till we were flying along like a railway train. The whole width of the river dropped away before us, falling some twenty-five or thirty feet, at least, in a short space. We now saw that the rapid was of a particularly difficult nature, and the order was given to attempt a landing on some ...

— The Romance of the Colorado River • Frederick S. Dellenbaugh

... well apprised of everything that can be said on this subject, to render it necessary for me to multiply observations upon it. ...

— The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution, Vol. VIII • Various

... necessity; he composed without consideration, and published without correction. What his mind could supply at call, or gather in one excursion, was all that he sought, and all that he gave. The dilatory caution of Pope enabled him to condense his sentiments, to multiply his images, and to accumulate all that study might produce or chance might supply. If the flights of Dryden, therefore, are higher, Pope continues longer on the wing. If of Dryden's fire the blaze is brighter, of Pope's the heat is more regular ...

— The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. IV (of X)--Great Britain and Ireland II • Various

... stage. The stage whisper and aside, too, we accept with benevolent indulgence; but it is worth noting that in the attempted verisimilitude of the modern "legitimate" drama, the aside has well nigh vanished. As we go down the scale through light comedy and broad farce these conventions multiply rapidly. ...

— The Dramatic Values in Plautus • Wilton Wallace Blancke

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