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adjective
1.
ten times as great; tenfold.
noun
2.
a tenfold quantity or multiple.
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Decuple
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verb (used with object)
3.
to make ten times as great.
Origin:
1375–1425; late Middle English < Middle French < Latin decuplus tenfold, equivalent to dec(em) ten + -uplus, as in quadruplus quadruple
1375–1425; late Middle English < Middle French < Latin decuplus tenfold, equivalent to dec(em) ten + -uplus, as in quadruplus quadruple
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