Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
QUADRUPLED
Verb
quadrupled
simple past tense and past participle of quadruple
Source: Wiktionary
QUADRUPLE
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
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