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Proliferate Moderate

Origin: Latin suffix -ate

Proliferate has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions
Verb
1

grow rapidly

"Pizza parlors proliferate in this area"

2

cause to grow or increase rapidly

"We must not proliferate nuclear arms"

3

To increase in number or spread rapidly; to multiply.

See Also
proliferation proliferative proliferous prolific proliferates spread centroblast vasoproliferative
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
grow multiply
Rhyming Words
ate bate late gate kate date wate cate rate nate oate sate tate jate hate mate fate yate agate skate
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