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proliferate

verb
/pɹəˈlɪf.əɹ.eɪt/

Etymology

Back-formation from proliferation.

Definitions

  1. To increase in number or spread rapidly

    To increase in number or spread rapidly; to multiply.

    • The flowers proliferated rapidly all spring.
    • When no certain cure exists, quack remedies tend to proliferate and the history of quackery and secret cures is full of extraordinary forms of treatment for the various arthritic disorders.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at proliferate. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01proliferate02increase03fruitful04barren05infertile06fertile07abundant08copious09exuberant10proliferative

A definitional loop anchored at proliferate. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at proliferate

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA