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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
proliferate /prəˈlɪfəreɪt/

▶verb reproduce rapidly; increase rapidly in number.

– derivatives
proliferative adjective,
proliferator noun.

– origin C19: back-form. from proliferation.

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