"prolificate" meaning in All languages combined

See prolificate on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: prolificates [present, singular, third-person], prolificating [participle, present], prolificated [participle, past], prolificated [past]
Etymology: See prolific. Head templates: {{en-verb}} prolificate (third-person singular simple present prolificates, present participle prolificating, simple past and past participle prolificated)
  1. (dated, transitive) To make prolific; to fertilize; to impregnate. Tags: dated, transitive
    Sense id: en-prolificate-en-verb-FMeTJEhQ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Verb [Italian]

Head templates: {{head|it|verb form}} prolificate
  1. inflection of prolificare:
    second-person plural present indicative
    Tags: form-of, indicative, plural, present, second-person
    Sense id: en-prolificate-it-verb-i7P7qLgs Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 83 12 4
  2. inflection of prolificare:
    second-person plural imperative
    Tags: form-of, imperative, plural, second-person
    Sense id: en-prolificate-it-verb-lzdXRqJR
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb [Italian]

Head templates: {{head|it|past participle form|g=f-p}} prolificate f pl
  1. feminine plural of prolificato Tags: feminine, form-of, participle, plural Form of: prolificato
    Sense id: en-prolificate-it-verb-4SFjb-WA
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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