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prolificate

prolificate verb: to make prolific; to fertilize; to impregnate.

Verb

prolificate (third-person singular simple present prolificates, present participle prolificating, simple past and past participle prolificated)

  1. (dated, transitive) To make prolific; to fertilize; to impregnate.
    • ...it enables simultaneous and self-consistent treatment of the magnetic circuit together with the associated purely electrical circuits and should prolificate the understanding and usage of electromagnetic components and systems.1970 March, R. W. Buntenbach, “A generalized circuit model for multiwinding inductive devices”, in IEEE Transactions on Magnetics
    • A greater difficulty, in the doctrine of eggs, is, how the sperm of the cock prolificates and makes the oval conception fruitful...1646, Sir Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica

Forms of prolificate

third-person singular presentprolificates
present participleprolificating
past participleprolificated
pastprolificated

Origin of prolificate

See prolific.

Questions about prolificate

What does prolificate mean?
Prolificate means to make prolific; to fertilize; to impregnate.
What part of speech is prolificate?
Prolificate is a verb.
What is the past tense of prolificate?
The past tense of prolificate is prolificated.

Words near prolificate in the dictionary

  1. prolificacies
  2. prolificacy
  3. prolifical
  4. prolifically
  5. prolificalness
  6. prolificate
  7. prolificated
  8. prolificates
  9. prolificating
  10. prolification
  11. prolifications

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