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Entry 4 senses · 4 variants Webster, 1913

Quadruple

/kwäd-ro͞op'-əl/ · Quad·ru·ple · IPA /kwɑˈdɹu.pəl/
01 a. Fourfold; as, to make quadruple restitution; a quadruple alliance.
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    Fourfold; as, to make quadruple restitution; a quadruple alliance.
Phrases & compounds
Quadruple time — that in which each measure is divided into four equal parts.
02 n. four times the sum or number; a fourfold amount; as, to receive to quadruple of the amount in damages.
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    four times the sum or number; a fourfold amount; as, to receive to quadruple of the amount in damages.
03 v. t. To multiply by four; to increase fourfold; to double; to double twice.
imp. & p. p. Quadrupled; p. pr. & vb. n. Quadrupling
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    To multiply by four; to increase fourfold; to double; to double twice.
04 v. i. To be multiplied by four; to increase fourfold; to become four times as much.
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    To be multiplied by four; to increase fourfold; to become four times as much.