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Webster 1913 Edition


Prolifical

Pro-lif′ic-al

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Adj.
Producing young or fruit abundantly; fruitful; prolific.
Pro-lif′ic-al-ly
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adv.

Webster 1828 Edition


Prolifical

PROLIF'ICAL

,
Adj.
[L.proles, offspring, and facio, to make.]
1.
Producing young or fruit; fruitful; generative; productive; applied to animals and plants; as a prolific female; a prolific tree.
2.
Productive; having the quality of generating; as a controversy prolific of evil consequences; a prolific brain.
3.
A prolific flower, [prolifer,] in botany is one which produces a second flower from its own substance, or which has smaller flowers growing out of the principal one. But proliferous is commonly used.

Definition 2024


prolifical

prolifical

English

Adjective

prolifical (comparative more prolifical, superlative most prolifical)

  1. (dated) Producing young or fruit abundantly; prolific; fruitful.