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Webster 1913 Edition


Quadruple

Quad′ru-ple

,
Adj.
[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.

Quad′ru-ple

,
Noun.
[Cf. F.
quadruple
, L.
quadruplum
.]
four times the sum or number; a fourfold amount;
as, to receive to
quadruple
of the amount in damages
.

Quad′ru-ple

,
Verb.
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.

Quad′ru-ple

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

Webster 1828 Edition


Quadruple

QUAD'RUPLE

,
Adj.
[L. quadruplus; quadra, quatuor, and plico, to fold.]
Fourfold; four times told; as, to make quadruple restitution for trespass or theft.

QUAD'RUPLE

,
Noun.
Four times the sum or number; as, to receive quadruple the amount in damages or profits.

Definition 2024


quadruplé

quadruplé

See also: quadruple

French

Noun

quadruplé m (plural quadruplés)

  1. quadruplet

Verb

quadruplé m (feminine singular quadruplée, masculine plural quadruplés, feminine plural quadruplées)

  1. past participle of quadrupler