Definition of "multiply" []

• To increase the amount, number, or degree of. (verb-transitive)
• Mathematics To perform multiplication on. (verb-transitive)
• To grow in amount, number, or degree. See Synonyms at increase. (verb-intransitive)
• To breed or propagate. (verb-intransitive)
• Mathematics To perform multiplication. (verb-intransitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "You want the line art layer to be in multiply mode, this effectively makes the white parts transparent, letting the colour layer underneath show through."
• "When the "*" token is matched, we call the multiply instruction, and so on."
• "The highest ranked sequences are then allowed to "multiply" - copied and subjected to random changes."