OCTUPLE

octuple, eightfold, eight-fold

(adjective) having eight units or components

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Adjective

octuple (not comparable)

eightfold

Noun

octuple (plural octuples)

An eightfold amount or number

Verb

octuple (third-person singular simple present octuples, present participle octupling, simple past and past participle octupled)

(intransitive) To increase eightfold.

(transitive) To increase or multiply something by eight.

Anagrams

• couplet

Source: Wiktionary


Oc"tu*ple, a. Etym: [L. octuplus; cf. Gr. octuple.]

Definition: Eightfold.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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