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TREBLIEST
Adjective
trebliest
superlative form of trebly: most trebly
Anagrams
• tribelets
Source: Wiktionary
TREBLY
Tre"bly, adv.
Definition: In a treble manner; with a threefold number or quantity; triply. Swift.
TREBLE
Tre"ble, a. Etym: [OE. treble threefold, OF. treble, treible, L. triplus. See Triple.]
1. Threefold; triple. A lofty tower, and strong on every side With treble walls. Dryden.
2. (Mus.) (a) Acute; sharp; as, a treble sound. Bacon. (b) Playing or singing the highest part or most acute sounds; playing or singing the treble; as, a treble violin or voice.
Tre"ble, adv.
Definition: Trebly; triply. [Obs.] J. Fletcher.
Tre"ble, n. Etym: [" It has been said to be a corruption of triplum [Lat.], a third part, superadded to the altus and bassus (high and low)." Grove.] (Mus.)
Definition: The highest of the four principal parts in music; the part usually sung by boys or women; soprano.
Note: This is sometimes called the first treble, to distinguish it from the second treble, or alto, which is sung by lower female voices.
Tre"ble, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Trebled; p. pr. & vb. n. Trebling.]
1. To make thrice as much; to make threefold. "Love trebled life." Tennyson.
2. To utter in a treble key; to whine. [Obs.] He outrageously (When I accused him) trebled his reply. Chapman.
Tre"ble, v. i.
Definition: To become threefold. Swift.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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