Multiply

mul′ti-plī, v.t. to fold or increase many times: to make more numerous: to repeat any given number or quantity as often as there are units in another number.— v.i. to increase: to perform the arithmetical proce of multiplication:— pr.p. mul′tiplying; pa.t. and pa.p. mul′tiplied. — adjs. Mul′tiplex , having many folds: manifold: ( bot. ) with petals lying in folds over each other; Multiplī′able , Mul′tiplicable , that may be multiplied.— n. Mul′tiplicand , a number or quantity to be multiplied by another.— adj. Mul′tiplicāte , consisting of more than one: ( bot. ) multifold.— n. Multiplicā′tion , the act of multiplying or increasing in number: the rule or operation by which any given number or quantity is multiplied.— adj. Mul′tiplicātive , tending to multiply: having the power to multiply.— ns. Multiplic′ity , the state of being multiplied or various: a great number: Mul′tiplier , Mul′tiplicātor , one who, or that which, multiplies or increases the number or quantity by which another is multiplied.— Multiplication table , a tabular arrangement giving the products of pairs of numbers from 1 to 12.— Multiplying gla , lens, a gla , lens, with a number of facets, causing an object to appear multiplied many times. [Fr.,—L. multiplex. See Multiple .]