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proliferated Definition


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proliferate
verb proliferated, proliferating
    intr
    1. Said of a plant or animal species: to reproduce rapidly.
    intr
    2. To increase in numbers; to multiply.
      Thesaurus: multiply, increase, expand, escalate, snowball, mushroom, breed, run riot, burgeon, exuberate; Antonym: dwindle.
    3. To reproduce (cells, etc) rapidly.
Etymology: 19c: back-formation from proliferation.



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