Multiply
(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.
Multipolar
(Mul`ti*po"lar) a. [Multi- + polar.] (Biol.) Having many poles; — applied especially to those
ganglionic nerve cells which have several radiating processes.
Multipotent
(Mul*tip"o*tent) a. [L. multipotens; multus much + potens powerful. See Potent.] Having
manifold power, or power to do many things. "Jove multipotent." Shak.
Multipresence
(Mul`ti*pres"ence) n. The state or power of being multipresent.
The multipresence of Christ's body.
Bp. Hall. Multipresent
(Mul`ti*pres"ent) a. [Multi- + present, a.] Being, or having the power to be, present in
two or more places at once.
Multiradiate
(Mul`ti*ra"di*ate) a. [Multi- + radiate.] Having many rays.
Multiramified
(Mul`ti*ram"i*fied) a. [Multi- + p. p. of ramify.] Divided into many branches.
Multiramose
(Mul`ti*ra*mose") a. [Multi- + ramose.] Having many branches.
Multiscious
(Mul*tis"cious) a. [L. multiscius; multus much + scius knowing, fr. scire to know.] Having
much or varied knowledge. [Obs.]
Multisect
(Mul"ti*sect) a. [Multi- + L. sectus, p. p. of secare to cut.] (Zoöl.) Divided into many similar
segments; — said of an insect or myriapod.
Multiseptate
(Mul`ti*sep"tate) a. [Multi- + septate.] (Bot.) Divided into many chambers by partitions,
as the pith of the pokeweed.
Multiserial
(Mul`ti*se"ri*al) a. [Multi- + serial.] (Bot.) Arranged in many rows, or series, as the scales
of a pine cone, or the leaves of the houseleek.
Multisiliquous
(Mul`ti*sil"i*quous) a. [Multi- + siliquious.] (Bot.) Having many pods or seed vessels.
Multisonous
(Mul*tis"o*nous) a. [L. multisonus; multus much, many + sonus sound.] Having many
sounds, or sounding much.
Multispiral
(Mul`ti*spi"ral) a. [Multi- + spiral.] (Zoöl.) Having numerous spiral coils round a center or
nucleus; — said of the opercula of certain shells.
Multistriate
(Mul`ti*stri"ate) a. [Multi- + striate.] Having many streaks.
Multisulcate
(Mul`ti*sul"cate) a. [Multi- + sulcate.] Having many furrows.
