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quad·ru·ple (kwä dro̵̅o̅′pəl, kwə-; kwä′drə pəl)
adjective
- consisting of or including four
- four times as much or as many; fourfold
- Music containing four beats to the measure quadruple time
Etymology: MFr < L quadruplus < quadru- (see quadruped) + -plus, as in duplus: see double
noun
an amount four times as much or as many
transitive verb, intransitive verb quadrupled -·pled, quadrupling -·pling
to make or become four times as much or as many; multiply by four
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