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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.
–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.
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


quad⋅ru⋅pli⋅ca⋅tion, quad⋅ru⋅pli⋅ca⋅ture [kwo-droo-pli-kuh-cher] , noun
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