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pro•lif•er•ate
Pronunciation: (pru-lif'u-rāt"), [key]—
v.i., v.t., -at•ed, -at•ing.
1. to grow or produce by multiplication of parts, as in budding or cell division, or by procreation.
2. to increase in number or spread rapidly and often excessively.
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