quadruple, fourfold, four-fold
(adjective) four times as great or many; “a fourfold increase in the dosage”
quadruple, quadruplicate, quadruplex, fourfold, four-fold
(adjective) having four units or components; “quadruple rhythm has four beats per measure”; “quadruplex wire”
quadruple
(noun) a quantity that is four times as great as another
quartet, quartette, quadruplet, quadruple
(noun) a set of four similar things considered as a unit
quadruple
(verb) increase fourfold; “His stock earning quadrupled”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
quadruple (not comparable)
Being four times as long, as big or as many of something.
• quarter (divided into four; one of four equal parts)
quadruple (third-person singular simple present quadruples, present participle quadrupling, simple past and past participle quadrupled)
(transitive) To multiply by four.
(intransitive) To increase by a factor of four.
(rail) To provide four parallel running lines on a given stretch of railway.
• quarter (divide by four)
• quadrupel
Source: Wiktionary
Quad"ru*ple, a. Etym: [L. quadruplus, from quattuor four: cf. F. quadruple. See Quadrate, and cf. Double.]
Definition: 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, n. Etym: [Cf. F. quadruple, L. quadruplum.]
Definition: four times the sum or number; a fourfold amount; as, to receive to quadruple of the amount in damages.
Quad"ru*ple, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Quadrupled; p. pr. & vb. n. Quadrupling.] Etym: [L. quadruplare: cf. F. quadrupler.]
Definition: To multiply by four; to increase fourfold; to double; to double twice. A. Smith.
Quad"ru*ple, v. i.
Definition: To be multiplied by four; to increase fourfold; to become four times as much.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
10 January 2025
(noun) the act of combining one thing at intervals among other things; “the interspersion of illustrations in the text”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
