multiply
multiply is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 5 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.(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.
- 2.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.
- 3.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.
- 4.2. To increase in extent and influence; to spread. The word of God grew and multiplied. Acts xii.
- 5.3. To increase amount of gold or silver by the arts of alchemy. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- aftercrop
- aftergrowth
- aftermath
- and
- apotheosis
- arrish
- biquadrate
- conceive
- cow
- crop
- crucible
- divide
- eddish
- edition
- farthing
- fecund
- fecundate
- fecundify
- fecundity
- fertile
- fertility
- fertilization
- fertilize
- flowing
- four
- fourfold
- fourth
- fourthly
- fructification
- fructify
- frugiferous
- fruitful
- generate
- generation
- generative
- honey
- hydra
- impregnate
- into
- land
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is multiply.
- What is 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 called?
- What is 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 called?
- What is 2. To increase in extent and influence; to spread. The word of God grew and multiplied. Acts xii called?
- What is 3. To increase amount of gold or silver by the arts of alchemy. [Obs.] Chaucer called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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