prolify (prolifi)

i.; pret. and pp. prolified, ppr. prolifying. [ ficar, get (ef. * prolific us, producing offspring), + facere , make, produce: see fy. Cf. p prolific.] To bring forth offspring. There remained in the heart of such some piece of ill temper unreformed, which in time prolified, and sent out great and wasting sins. Bp. Sanders on , Works, V. 338. ( Davies .) pro liger ous (pro-lij'e-rus), a. [NL. prolige rus, * proliger, If the appellant appoints a term too prolix , the judge may then a ign a competent term. Ayliffe , Parergon. 3. Long and wordy; extending to a great length; diffuse: as, a prolix oration or sermon. If they [philosophers] had consulted with nature, they had made their doctrines le prolix and more profound. Bacon , Advancement of Learning, ii. 265. He [Bunsen] is about to publish a book about ancient and modern Rome, which, from what I hear, will be too minute and prolix . Greville, Memoirs, April 9, 1830. 4. Indulging in lengthy discourse; discu ing at great length; tedious: as, a prolix speaker or writer. We shall not be more prolix, but refer the substantial, perfect, and a ured handling hereof to your circumspections, fidelities, and diligences. Burnet, Records, I. ii. =Syn. 3. Long, lengthy, wordy, long-winded, spun out, prolonged.-4. Tiresome, wearisome.