The Only Use
proliferate
in
1984, by Orwell
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- It was curious how that beetle-like type proliferated in the Ministries: little dumpy men, growing stout very early in life, with short legs, swift scuttling movements, and fat inscrutable faces with very small eyes.†
p. 60.5
Definitions:
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(1)
(proliferate) to rapidly increase in number, or to spread quickly widely
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)