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quad⋅ru⋅pli⋅cate

  [n., adj. kwo-droo-pli-kit; v. kwo-droo-pli-keyt] noun, adjective, verb, -cat⋅ed, -cat⋅ing.
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–noun
1. one of four copies or identical items, esp. copies of typewritten material.
–adjective
2. consisting of four identical parts.
3. pertaining to a fourth item or copy of something.
–verb (used with object)
4. to produce or copy in quadruplicate.
5. to make four times as great.
—Idiom
6. in quadruplicate, in four identical copies.
Origin:
1650–60; < L quadruplicātus (ptp. of quadruplicāre), equiv. to quadruplic- (s. of quadruplex quadruplex ) + -ātus -ate 1

Related forms:
quad⋅ru⋅pli⋅ca⋅tion, quad⋅ru⋅pli⋅ca⋅ture  [kwo-droo-pli-kuh-cher] , noun
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quad·ru·pli·cate   (kwŏ-drōō'plĭ-kĭt)   
adj.  

  1. Multiplied by four; quadruple.

  2. Fourth in a group of four identical things.

n.  One of a group of four identical things.
tr. & intr.v.   (-kāt') quad·ru·pli·cat·ed, quad·ru·pli·cat·ing, quad·ru·pli·cates
To multiply or be multiplied four times.

[Latin quadruplicātus, past participle of quadruplicāre, to multiply by four, from quadruplex, fourfold : quadru-, quadri-, quadri- + -plex, -fold; see duplex.]
quad·ru'pli·cate·ly (-kĭt-lē) adv., quad·ru'pli·ca'tion n.
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