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Mul·ti·ply

Multiply

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Multiplied; p. pr. & vb. n. Multiplying

  1. To increase in number; to make more numerous; to add quantity to.
    Impunity will multiply motives to disobedience.
    — Ames.
  2. 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. (Math.)
  3. To increase (the amount of gold or silver) by the arts of alchemy. [Obs.]

Phrases & Compounds
Multiplying gear
gear for increasing speed.
Multiplying lens
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.
    — Gen. vi. 1.
  2. To increase in extent and influence; to spread.
    The word of God grew and multiplied.
    — Acts xii. 24.
  3. To increase amount of gold or silver by the arts of alchemy. [Obs.]