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Definition of proliferate verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

proliferate

verb

NAmE//prəˈlɪfəˌreɪt//

[intransitive]Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they proliferate

he / she / it proliferates

past simple proliferated

-ing form proliferating

to increase rapidly in number or amount synonym multiply Books and articles on the subject have proliferated over the last year.

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