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Breed :: Breed (v. i.) To bear and nourish young; to reproduce or multiply itself; to be pregnant.

Siderography :: Siderography (n.) The art or practice of steel engraving; especially, the process, invented by Perkins, of multiplying facsimiles of an engraved steel plate by first rolling over it, when hardened, a soft steel cylinder, and then rolling the cylinder, when hardened, over a soft steel plate, which thus becomes a facsimile of the original. The process has been superseded by electrotypy..

Gemmule :: Gemmule (n.) One of the imaginary granules or atoms which, according to Darwin's hypothesis of pangenesis, are continually being thrown off from every cell or unit, and circulate freely throughout the system, and when supplied with proper nutriment multiply by self-division and ultimately develop into cells like those from which they were derived. They are supposed to be transmitted from the parent to the offspring, but are often transmitted in a dormant state during many generations and are the

Multiply :: Multiply (v. t.) 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.

Bacterium :: Bacterium (n.) A microscopic vegetable organism, belonging to the class Algae, usually in the form of a jointed rodlike filament, and found in putrefying organic infusions. Bacteria are destitute of chlorophyll, and are the smallest of microscopic organisms. They are very widely diffused in nature, and multiply with marvelous rapidity, both by fission and by spores. Certain species are active agents in fermentation, while others appear to be the cause of certain infectious diseases. See Bacillus

Redouble :: Redouble (v. t.) To double again or repeatedly; to increase by continued or repeated additions; to augment greatly; to multiply.

Multiply :: Multiply (v. i.) To become greater in number; to become numerous.

Papyrograph :: Papyrograph (n.) An apparatus for multiplying writings, drawings, etc., in which a paper stencil, formed by writing or drawing with corrosive ink, is used. The word is also used of other means of multiplying copies of writings, drawings, etc. See Copygraph, Hectograph, Manifold..

Quadrate :: Quadrate (a.) Produced by multiplying a number by itself; square.

Mechanography :: Mechanography (n.) The art of mechanically multiplying copies of a writing, or any work of art..

Increase :: Increase (v. i.) To multiply by the production of young; to be fertile, fruitful, or prolific..

Septuple :: Septuple (v. t.) To multiply by seven; to make sevenfold.

Propagate :: Propagate (v. t.) To cause to continue or multiply by generation, or successive production; -- applied to animals and plants; as, to propagate a breed of horses or sheep; to propagate a species of fruit tree..

Polyphonist :: Polyphonist (n.) A proficient in the art of multiplying sounds; a ventriloquist.

Multiply :: Multiply (v. i.) To increase in extent and influence; to spread.

Pullulate :: Pullulate (v. i.) To germinate; to bud; to multiply abundantly.

Multiply :: Multiply (v. t.) To increase (the amount of gold or silver) by the arts of alchemy.

Reduplicate :: Reduplicate (v. t.) To redouble; to multiply; to repeat.

Zoogloea :: Zoogloea (n.) A colony or mass of bacteria imbedded in a viscous gelatinous substance. The zoogloea is characteristic of a transitory stage through which rapidly multiplying bacteria pass in the course of their evolution. Also used adjectively.

Pluralize :: Pluralize (v. t.) To multiply; to make manifold.

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