octuple
[ ok-too-puhl, -tyoo-; ok-too-puhl, -tyoo- ]
adjective
eightfold; eight times as great.
having eight effective units or elements.
verb (used with object),oc·tu·pled, oc·tu·pling.
to make eight times as great.
noun
Rowing. a shell rowed by a crew of eight, each rower using a pair of oars.
Origin of octuple
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How to use octuple in a sentence
It had been more than octupled in little more than half a century.
Old and New London | Walter Thornbury
British Dictionary definitions for octuple
octuple
/ (ˈɒktjʊpəl) /
noun
a quantity or number eight times as great as another
adjective
eight times as much or as many
consisting of eight parts
verb
(tr) to multiply by eight
Origin of octuple
1C17: from Latin octuplus, from octo eight + -plus as in duplus double
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