Mul"ti*ply (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Multiplied (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Multiplying (?).] [F. multiplier, L. multiplicare, fr. multiplex manifold. See Multitude, Complex.] 1. To increase in number; to make more numerous; to add quantity to.
Impunity will multiply motives to disobedience.
Ames.
2. Math. To add (any given number or quantity) to itself a certain number of times; to find the product of by multiplication; thus 7 multiplied by 8 produces the number 56; to multiply two numbers. See the Note under Multiplication.
3. To increase (the amount of gold or silver) by the arts of alchemy. [Obs.]
Multiplying gear Mach., gear for increasing speed. -- Multiplying lens. Opt. See under Lens.
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Mul"ti*ply, v. i. 1. To become greater in number; to become numerous.
When men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them.
Gen. vi. 1.
2. To increase in extent and influence; to spread.
The word of God grew and multiplied.
Acts xii. 24.
3. To increase amount of gold or silver by the arts of alchemy. [Obs.]
Chaucer.
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