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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Multiply \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. [1913 Webster] Impunity will multiply motives to disobedience. --Ames. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 3. To increase (the amount of gold or silver) by the arts of alchemy. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Multiplying gear (Mach.), gear for increasing speed. Multiplying lens. (Opt.) See under Lens. [1913 Webster]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

22 Moby Thesaurus words for "multiplying": crescendoing, crescent, expanding, growing, increase, increasing, incremental, intensifying, lengthening, multiple, multiplication, multiplication table, multiplier, on the increase, proliferating, proliferation, snowballing, spreading, swelling, tables, tightening, waxing