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prolificating

prolificating is the present participle and gerund of prolificate.

Meaning of prolificate

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

Questions about prolificating

What is prolificating the present participle and gerund of?
Prolificating is the present participle and gerund of prolificate.

Words near prolificating in the dictionary

  1. prolifically
  2. prolificalness
  3. prolificate
  4. prolificated
  5. prolificates
  6. prolificating
  7. prolification
  8. prolifications
  9. prolificity
  10. prolifick
  11. prolificly

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