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Quadruple
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 4
Part of speech: noun (n.)
four times the sum or number; a fourfold amount; as, to receive to quadruple of the amount in damages.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 4
Part of speech: verb (v.)
To multiply by four; to increase fourfold; to double; to double twice. A. Smith.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 3 of 4
Part of speech: verb (v.)
To be multiplied by four; to increase fourfold; to become four times as much.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 4 of 4
Part of speech: adjective (a.)
Fourfold; as, to make quadruple restitution; a quadruple alliance. Quadruple time (Mus.), that in which each measure is divided into four equal parts.