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'Proliferate' — Video Word of the Day 1/30/2019

Learn the meaning and history of 'proliferate' in our new video series with TIME


Our Word of the Day for January 30, 2019 is proliferate, a verb meaning "to grow or increase in number rapidly."

Presented as part of the Merriam-Webster and TIME Word of the Day partnership!

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