Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

prolificate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pro-lifi-cate
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To make prolific; to fertilize; to impregnate.

Dated; Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"...it enables simultaneous and self-consistent treatment of the magnetic circuit together with the associated purely electrical circuits and should prolificate the understanding and usage of electromagnetic components and systems."
"A greater difficulty, in the doctrine of eggs, is, how the sperm of the cock prolificates and makes the oval conception fruitful..."

Etymology

See prolific.

Usage

Inflected Forms

prolificates (present, singular) prolificating (participle, present) prolificated (participle, past) prolificated (past)

Questions

What does prolificate mean?: To make prolific; to fertilize; to impregnate.
Where does prolificate come from?: See prolific.

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