MUL'TIPLY, v.t. [L. multiplico; multus, many, and plico, to fold or double.] 1. To increase in number; to make more by natural generation or production, or by addition; as, to multiply men, horses or other animals; to multiply evils. I will multiply my signs and wonders in Egypt. Ex.7. Impunity will multiply motives to disobedience.2. In arithmetic, to increase any given number as many times as there are units in any other given number. Thus 7x8=56, that is, 7 multiplied by 8 produces the number 56.MUL'TIPLY, v.i. To grow or increase in number. Be fruitful and multiply. Gen.1. When men began to multiply on the face of the earth. Gen.6.1. To increase in extent; to extend; to spread. The word of God grew and multiplied. Acts 12.
|
