verb

1. have offspring or produce more individuals of a given animal or plant

e.g. The Bible tells people to procreate

Synonym: reproduceprocreate

2. have young (animals) or reproduce (organisms)

e.g. pandas rarely breed in captivity
These bacteria reproduce

Synonym: breed

3. combine or increase by multiplication

e.g. He managed to multiply his profits

Synonym: manifold

4. combine by multiplication

e.g. multiply 10 by 15

noun

1. properties attributable to your ancestry

e.g. he comes from good origins

Synonym: descentextraction

2. the point of intersection of coordinate axes
where the values of the coordinates are all zero

3. an event that is a beginning
a first part or stage of subsequent events

Synonym: originationinception

4. the descendants of one individual

e.g. his entire lineage has been warriors

Synonym: lineagelineline of descentdescentbloodlineblood linebloodpedigreeancestryparentagestemmastock

5. the place where something begins, where it springs into being

e.g. the Italian beginning of the Renaissance
Jupiter was the origin of the radiation
Pittsburgh is the source of the Ohio River
communism's Russian root

Synonym: beginningrootrootagesource

6. the source of something's existence or from which it derives or is derived

e.g. the rumor had its origin in idle gossip
vegetable origins
mineral origin
origin in sensation

noun

1. the lowest tone of a harmonic series

Synonym: fundamental frequencyfirst harmonic

2. any factor that could be considered important to the understanding of a particular business

e.g. fundamentals include a company's growth, revenues, earnings, management, and capital structure

verb

1. stroke soothingly

2. cause to be more favorably inclined
gain the good will of

e.g. She managed to mollify the angry customer

Synonym: pacifylenifyconciliateassuageappeasemollifyplacategruntle

3. give a title to someone
make someone a member of the nobility

Synonym: ennobleentitle

noun

1. the organized work of a religious missionary

Synonym: missionary work

2. a special assignment that is given to a person or group

e.g. a confidential mission to London
his charge was deliver a message

Synonym: chargecommission

3. an operation that is assigned by a higher headquarters

e.g. the planes were on a bombing mission

Synonym: military mission

4. a group of representatives or delegates

Synonym: deputationcommissiondelegationdelegacy

5. an organization of missionaries in a foreign land sent to carry on religious work

Synonym: missionary postmissionary stationforeign mission

verb

1. stop (someone or something) from doing something or being in a certain state

e.g. We must prevent the cancer from spreading
His snoring kept me from falling asleep
Keep the child from eating the marbles

Synonym: keep

2. keep from happening or arising
make impossible

e.g. My sense of tact forbids an honest answer
Your role in the projects precludes your involvement in the competitive project

Synonym: forestallforecloseprecludeforbid

adj

1. having the surface burned quickly with intense heat

e.g. the seared meat is then covered with hot liquid for braising