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An American Dictionary of the English Language
Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)
Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Mul-tān'gu-lar-ness, n. p. 866The state of being polygonal.Mŭlt'ar-tic'ū-late, a. p. 866Having many articulations or joints.Mul-tē'i-ty, n. p. 866The state of being many; multiplicity. [Rare.] There may be multeity in things, but there can only be plurality in persons. Coleridge.Mūl'ti-căp'su-lar, a. p. 866(Bot.) Having many capsules.Māl'ti-cār'i-nate, a. p. 866(Conch.) Many-keeled.Mŭl'ti-cā'vŏus, a. p. 866Having many cavities.Mŭl'ti-ci'pĭ-tal, a. p. 866(Bot.) Having many heads. Gray.Mūl'ti-cōl'or, a. p. 866Having many colors.Mūl'ti-cŭs'pi-date, a. p. 866Having many cusps or points.Mūl'ti-dēn'/tate, a. p. 866Armed with many teeth.Mūl'ti-fāced, a. p. 866Having many faces.Mŭl'ti-fā'ri-oŭs, a. p. 866Having multiplicity; having great diversity or variety; of various kinds; diversified; made up of many differing parts. There is a multifarious artifice in the structure of the meanest animal. More.Mūl'ti-fā'ri-oŭs-ly, adv. p. 866With great multiplicity and diversity; with variety of modes and relations.Mūl'ti-fā'ri-oŭs-ness, n. p. 866Multiplied diversity. 2. (Law.) The fault of improperly uniting in one bill distinct and independent matters, and thereby confounding them. Burrill.Mul-tif'er-ōŭs, a. p. 866Bearing or producing much or many. [Rare.]Mūl'ti-fid, a. p. 866(Bot.) Having many divisions; divided into several parts by linear sinuses and straight margins; as, a multifid leaf or corol.Mul-tif'i-dous, a. p. 866Having many divisions or partitions.Mūl’ti-flō’rōŭs or Mul-tif’lo-roŭs, a. p. 866Many-flowered; having many flowers.Mŭl'ti-flūe, a. p. 866Having many flues.Mŭl'ti-foil, n. p. 866(Arch.) A leaf ornament, consisting of more than five divisions or foils. See FOIL.Mŭl'ti-fōld, a. p. 866Many times doubled; manifold; numerous.Mŭl'ti-fōrm, a. p. 866Having many forms, shapes, or appearances. “A plastic and multiform unit.” Hare.Mŭl'ti-fōrm, n. p. 866That which has many forms; that which gives a multiplied representation or many repetitions of any thing. “And signifies a multiform of death.” E. B. Browning.Mŭl'ti-fôr'mi-ty, n. p. 866Diversity of forms; variety of shapes or appearances in the same thing.Mŭl'ti-fôr'mōŭs, a. p. 866Having many forms.Mūl'ti-gĕn'er-oŭs, a. p. 866Having many kinds.Mül'ti-grăn'ū-late, a. p. 866Having, or consisting of, many grains.Mūl'ti-jū'goŭs or Mul-tijū'goŭs, a. p. 866Consisting of many pairs.Mūl'ti-lāt'er-al, a. p. 866Having many sides; many-sided.Mūl'ti-lin'e-al, a. p. 866Having many lines.Mūl'ti-lōc'ū-lar, a. p. 866Having many cells or compartments; as, a multilocular shell.Mul-ti'l'o-quence, n. p. 866Use of many words; talkativeness.Mul-tīl’o-quent or Mul-tīl’o-quoŭs, a. p. 866Speaking much; very talkative.Mūl'ti-nō'date or Mūl'ti-nō'dous, a. p. 866Having many knots.Mŭl'ti-nō'mi-al, a. or n. p. 866The same as POLYNOMIAL, q. v.Mūl'ti-nōm'i-nal or Mūl'ti-nōm'i-noüs, a. p. 866Having many names or terms.Mul-tip'a-roŭs, a. p. 866Producing many at a birth.Mul-tip'ar-tite, a. p. 866Divided into many parts; having several parts.Mul'ti-ped, n. p. 866An insect having many feet.Mŭl'ti-pĕd, a. p. 866Having many feet.Múl'ti-ple, a. p. 866Containing more than once, or more than one; manifold.Mūl'ti-ple, n. p. 866(Math.) A quantity containing another a certain number of times without a remainder. ☞ A common multiple of two or more numbers contains each of them a certain number of times exactly; thus, 24 is a…Mŭl'ti-plēx, a. p. 866Manifold; multiple.Mūl'ti-plī'a-ble, a. p. 866Capable of being multiplied.Mŭl'ti-plī'a-ble-ness, n. p. 866Capacity of being multiplied.Mŭl'ti-pli-ca-ble, a. p. 866Capable of being multiplied; multipliable.Mūl'ti-pli-cānd', n. p. 866(Arith.) The number to be multiplied by another, which is called the multiplier.Mūl'ti-pli-cate or Mul-ti'pli-cate, n. p. 866Consisting of many, or more than one; multiple; multifold. Multiplicate flower. (Bot.), a flower that is double, or has an unusual number of petals in consequence of the abnormal multiplication of…Mūl'ti-pli-cā'tion, n. p. 866The act of multiplying, or of increasing number; as, the multiplication of the human species by natural generation. 2. (Math.) A rule or operation by which any given number or quantity may be…Múl'ti-pli-cā'tive, a. p. 866Tending to multiply; having the power to multiply, or increase numbers.Mŭl'ti-pli-cā'tor, n. p. 866The number by which another number is multiplied; a multiplier.Mŭl'ti-plē'cious, a. p. 866Manifold. [Obs.]Mūl'ti-pli'ci-ty, n. p. 866A state of being multiple, manifold, or various; as, a multiplicity of thoughts or objects. 2. A collection of many objects; a great or large number. “A multiplicity of gods.” South.Mūl'ti-plī'er, n. p. 866One who, or that which, multiplies, or increases number. 2. The number in arithmetic by which another is multiplied. 3. (Physics.) An instrument for multiplying or increasing by repetition the…Mŭl'ti-plȳ, v. t. p. 866To increase in number; to make more numerous; to add quantity to. Impunity will multiply motives to disobedience. Ames. 2. (Math.) To repeat or add to itself any given number or quantity as many…Mŭl'ti-plȳ, v. i. p. 866To make greater in number or extent; to become numerous. “When men began to multiply on the face of the earth.” Gen. vi. 1. 2. To increase in extent and influence. The word of God grew and…Mul-tip'o-tent, a. p. 866Having manifold power, or power to do many things. “Jove multipotent.” Shak.Mŭl'ti-prē'sence, n. p. 866The power or act of being present in more places than one at once.Mŭl'ti-rā'di-ate, a. p. 866Having many rays.Mül'ti-ra-mōus, a. p. 866Having many branches.