proliferate : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: proliferate	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for proliferate
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
proliferate v grow rapidly; "Pizza parlors proliferate in this area" cause to grow or increase rapidly; "We must not proliferate nuclear arms"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Proliferate \Prolif"erate\, v. t. [L. proles offspring + ferre to bear.] 1. (Biol.) To produce or form cells; especially, to produce cells rapidly. 2. (Zo[94]l.) To produce zooids by budding.