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quadruple

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Adjective, Noun, Verb (usu participle)
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quad=ru=ple

CIDE DICTIONARY

quadruplea. [L. quadruplus, from quattuor four: cf. F. quadruple. See Quadrate, and cf. Double.].
     Fourfold; as, to make quadruple restitution; a quadruple alliance.  [1913 Webster]
Quadruple time (Mus.), that in which each measure is divided into four equal parts.
quadruplen. [Cf. F. quadruple, L. quadruplum.].
     four times the sum or number; a fourfold amount; as, to receive to quadruple of the amount in damages.  [1913 Webster]
quadruplev. t. [L. quadruplare: cf. F. quadrupler.].
     To multiply by four; to increase fourfold; to double; to double twice.  A. Smith.  [1913 Webster]
quadruplev. i. 
     To be multiplied by four; to increase fourfold; to become four times as much.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

quadruple, adj., n., & v.
--adj.
1 fourfold.
2 a having four parts. b involving four participants (quadruple alliance).
3 being four times as many or as much.
4 (of time in music) having four beats in a bar.
--n. a fourfold number or amount.
--v.tr. & intr. multiply by four; increase fourfold.

Derivative
quadruply adv.
Etymology
F f. L quadruplus (as QUADRI-, -plus as in duplus DUPLE)

ROGET THESAURUS

quadruple

Quadruplication

N quadruplication, fourfold, four times, quadrable, quadrumanous, quadruple, quadruplicate, quadrible, fourth, quadrifoliate, quadrifoliolate, quadrigeminal, quadrigeminate, quadriplanar, quadriserial, four times, in the fourth place, fourthly.


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