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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (2)

1. grow rapidly;
- Example: "Pizza parlors proliferate in this area"

2. cause to grow or increase rapidly;
- Example: "We must not proliferate nuclear arms"



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Proliferate \Pro*lif"er*ate\, v. t. [L. proles offspring + ferre
   to bear.]
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   1. (Biol.) To produce or form cells; especially, to produce
      cells rapidly.
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   2. (Zool.) To produce zooids by budding.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

proliferate
    v 1: grow rapidly; "Pizza parlors proliferate in this area"
    2: cause to grow or increase rapidly; "We must not proliferate
       nuclear arms"