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proliferated

proliferated is the simple past and past participle of proliferate.

Meaning of proliferate

Verb

proliferate (third-person singular simple present proliferates, present participle proliferating, simple past and past participle proliferated)

  1. (ambitransitive) To increase in number or spread rapidly; to multiply.
    • The flowers proliferated rapidly all spring.

Questions about proliferated

What is proliferated the simple past and past participle of?
Proliferated is the simple past and past participle of proliferate.

Words near proliferated in the dictionary

  1. prolife
  2. prolifer
  3. proliferant
  4. proliferants
  5. proliferate
  6. proliferated
  7. proliferates
  8. proliferating
  9. proliferation
  10. proliferation therapy
  11. proliferational

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