proliferate
verb [intransitive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they proliferate | |
| he / she / it proliferates | |
| past simple proliferated | |
| past participle proliferated | |
| -ing form proliferating |
to increase rapidly in number or amount 迅速繁殖（或增殖）；猛增 Books and articles on the subject have proliferated over the last year. 过去一年以来，论及这一专题的书和文章大量涌现。 Time passed and animal life proliferated. 时间流逝，动物生命激增。
Word Originlate 19th cent.: back-formation from proliferation.