Explicate and Multiply

verb

• Make plain and comprehensible.
  • usage: "He explained the laws of physics to his students"
  • synonyms: explain
• Elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses.
  • usage: "Could you develop the ideas in your thesis"
  • synonyms: formulate, develop

• (v.t.) To unfold; to expand; to lay open.
• (a.) Evolved; unfolded.
• (v.t.) To unfold the meaning or sense of; to explain; to clear of difficulties or obscurity; to interpret.

verb

• Combine by multiplication.
  • usage: "multiply 10 by 15"
• Combine or increase by multiplication.
  • usage: "He managed to multiply his profits"
  • synonyms: manifold
• Have young (animals) or reproduce (organisms. )
  • usage: "pandas rarely breed in captivity"; "These bacteria reproduce"
  • synonyms: breed
• Have offspring or produce more individuals of a given animal or plant.
  • usage: "The Bible tells people to procreate"
  • synonyms: reproduce, procreate

adverb

• In several ways; in a multiple manner.
  • usage: "they were multiply checked for errors"

• (v.i.) To increase amount of gold or silver by the arts of alchemy.
• (v.t.) 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.
• (v.i.) To increase in extent and influence; to spread.
• (v.i.) To become greater in number; to become numerous.
• (v.t.) To increase in number; to make more numerous; to add quantity to.
• (v.t.) To increase (the amount of gold or silver) by the arts of alchemy.