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Proliferate

//pɹəˈlɪf.əɹ.eɪt// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To increase in number or spread rapidly; to multiply. ambitransitive

    "The flowers proliferated rapidly all spring."

  2. 2
    cause to grow or increase rapidly wordnet
  3. 3
    grow rapidly wordnet

Etymology

Back-formation from proliferation.

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