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adjective
1.
a hundred times as great; hundredfold.
verb (used with object)
2.
to increase 100 times.
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Centuple
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Origin:
1600–10; < Middle French < Late Latin centuplus, equivalent to Latin centu(m) 100 + -plus -fold
1600–10; < Middle French < Late Latin centuplus, equivalent to Latin centu(m) 100 + -plus -fold
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