"prolificate" meaning in English

See prolificate in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

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, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with 2 entries Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 43 48 5 3

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1970 March, R. W. Buntenbach, “A generalized circuit model for multiwinding inductive devices”, in IEEE Transactions on Magnetics:",
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          "ref": "1646, Sir Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica:",
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        "(dated, transitive) To make prolific; to fertilize; to impregnate."
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