Impunity will multiply motives to disobedience.
--Ames.
2. (Math.) To add (any given number or quantity) to itself a
certain number of times; to find the product of by
multiplication; thus 7 multiplied by 8 produces the number
56; to multiply two numbers. See the Note under
{Multiplication}.
3. To increase (the amount of gold or silver) by the arts of
alchemy. [Obs.]
{Multiplying gear} (Mach.), gear for increasing speed.
{Multiplying lens}. (Opt.) See under {Lens}.
When men began to multiply on the face of the earth,
and daughters were born unto them. --Gen. vi. 1.
2. To increase in extent and influence; to spread.
The word of God grew and multiplied. --Acts xii.
24.
3. To increase amount of gold or silver by the arts of
alchemy. [Obs.] --Chaucer.