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multiplyverb to bring forth offspringrabbits multiply with proverbial rapidity breed, procreate, propagate, reproduce bear, beget, engender, gender, generate, get, have, mother, parent, produce, sirehatch, spawn to make greater in size, amount, or numberthe booming economy multiplied the wealth of investors accelerate, add (to), aggrandize, amplify, augment, boost, build up, compound, enlarge, escalate, expand, extend, hype, increase, pump up, raise, stoke, supersize, swell, up boom, jump, skyrocket, spikebump (up), ratchet (up)also rachet (up)blow up, dilate, distend, inflatedraw out, elongate, flesh (out), lengthen, prolong, protract, stretchdevelop, enhance, heighten, intensify, magnifycomplement, supplementbeef (up), reinforce(also reenforce), strengthenmaximizeaccumulate, amass, collectfollow up, parlay abate, decrease, de-escalate, diminish, downsize, dwindle, lessen, lower, minify, reduce, subtract (from) abbreviate, abridge, curtail, shortencompress, condense, constrict, contractcut back, retrench to become greater in extent, volume, amount, or numberwith each attempt the problems multiplied accelerate, accumulate, appreciate, balloon, boom, build up, burgeon(also bourgeon), climb, enlarge, escalate, expand, gain, increase, mount, mushroom, proliferate, rise, roll up, snowball, spread, swell, wax jump, rocket, skyrocket, surgeheighten, intensify, redoubleblow up, bulk, distend, inflate, puff (up)crescendo, crest, peak contract, decrease, diminish, dwindle, lessen, recede, wane increase, enlarge, augment, multiply mean to make or become greater.increase used intransitively implies progressive growth in size, amount, or intensityhis waistline increased with age ; used transitively it may imply simple not necessarily progressive addition.increased her landholdings enlarge implies expansion or extension that makes greater in size or capacity.enlarged the kitchen augment implies addition to what is already well grown or well developed.the inheritance augmented his fortune multiply implies increase in number by natural generation or by indefinite repetition of a process.with each attempt the problems multiplied in the 13th century |