Quad-ru'pli-cate1, a.
a. [Lat. quadruplicatus, p. p. of quadruplicare. See infra.]
- Fourfold; four times repeated; as, a quadruplicate ratio or proportion.
- (Math.) Raised to the fourth power. [Rare.]
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Quadruplicate
Quad-ru'pli-cate2, v. t.
v. t. [imp. & p. p. QUADRUPLICATED; p. pr. & vb. n. QUADRUPLICATING.] [Lat. quadruplicare, quadruplicatum, from quadruplex, fourfold, fr. quatuor, four, and plicare, to fold; It. quadruplicare, Sp. cuadruplicar, Fr. quadruplier.] To make fourfold; to double twice over; to quadruple.