Multiply

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·vi To become greater in number; to become numerous.

II. Multiply ·vi To increase amount of gold or silver by the arts of alchemy.

III. Multiply ·vt To increase in number; to make more numerous; to add quantity to.

IV. Multiply ·vt To increase (the amount of gold or silver) by the arts of alchemy.

V. Multiply ·vi To increase in extent and influence; to Spread.

VI. Multiply ·vt To add (any given number or quantity) to itself a certain number of times; to find the product of by multiplication; thus 7 multiplied by 8 produces the number 56; to multiply two numbers. ·see the Note under Multiplication.