quadruplicate

quadruplicate
quadruplication, quadruplicature /kwo drooh"pli keuh cheuhr/, n.
n., adj. /kwo drooh"pli kit/; v. /kwo drooh"pli kayt'/, n., adj., v., quadruplicated, quadruplicating.
n.
1. one of four copies or identical items, esp. copies of typewritten material.
2. in quadruplicate, in four identical copies.
adj.
3. consisting of four identical parts.
4. pertaining to a fourth item or copy of something.
v.t.
5. to produce or copy in quadruplicate.
6. to make four times as great.
[1650-60; < L quadruplicatus (ptp. of quadruplicare), equiv. to quadruplic- (s. of quadruplex QUADRUPLEX) + -atus -ATE1]

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