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Quadruple

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(definition) by Webster 1913 (print) Wed Dec 22 1999 at 2:24:57

Quad"ru*ple (?), a. [L. quadruplus, from quattuor four: cf. F. quadruple. See Quadrate, and cf. Double.]

Fourfold; as, to make quadruple restitution; a quadruple alliance.

Quadruple time Mus., that in which each measure is divided into four equal parts.

 

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Quad"ru*ple, n. [Cf. F. quadruple, L. quadruplum.]

four times the sum or number; a fourfold amount; as, to receive to quadruple of the amount in damages.

 

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Quad"ru*ple, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Quadrupled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Quadrupling (?).] [L. quadruplare: cf. F. quadrupler.]

To multiply by four; to increase fourfold; to double; to double twice.

A. Smith.

 

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Quad"ru*ple, v. i.

To be multiplied by four; to increase fourfold; to become four times as much.

 

© Webster 1913.


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