septuple

[ sep-too-puhl, -tyoo-, sep-too-puhl, -tyoo-, -tuhp-uhl ]
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adjective
  1. sevenfold; consisting of seven parts.

verb (used with object),sep·tu·pled, sep·tu·pling.
  1. to make seven times as great.

Origin of septuple

1
1605–15; <Late Latin septuplus, derivative of Latin septemseven, on the model of duplusduple, quadruplusquadruple

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British Dictionary definitions for septuple

septuple

/ (ˈsɛptjʊpəl) /


adjective
  1. seven times as much or many; sevenfold

  2. consisting of seven parts or members

verb
  1. (tr) to multiply by seven

Origin of septuple

1
C17: from Late Latin septuplus, from septem seven; compare quadruple

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