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centuplicate

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cen⋅tu⋅pli⋅cate

  [v. sen-too-pli-keyt, -tyoo-; adj., n. sen-too-pli-kit, -keyt, -tyoo-] verb, -cat⋅ed, -cat⋅ing, adjective, noun
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–verb (used with object)
1. to increase 100 times; centuple.
–adjective
2. a hundredfold.
–noun
3. a number or quantity increased a hundredfold.
Origin:
1825–35; < L centuplic- (s. of centuplex) hundredfold, equiv. to centu(m) 100 + plic- (s. of plicāre to fold) + -ate 1

Related forms:
cen⋅tu⋅pli⋅ca⋅tion, noun
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