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septuple

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sep⋅tu⋅ple

  [sep-too-puhl, -tyoo-, sep-too-puhl, -tyoo-, -tuhp-uhl] adjective, verb, -pled, -pling.
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–adjective
1. sevenfold; consisting of seven parts.
–verb (used with object)
2. to make seven times as great.
Origin:
1605–15; < LL septuplus, deriv. of L septem seven, on the model of duplus duple, quadruplus quadruple
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sep·tu·ple   (sěp-tōō'pəl, -tyōō'-, -tŭp'əl)   
adj.  

  1. Consisting of seven parts or members.

  2. Seven times as much in size, strength, number, or amount.

n.  A sevenfold amount or number.
tr. & intr.v.   sep·tu·pled, sep·tu·pling, sep·tu·ples
To multiply or be multiplied by seven.

[Late Latin septuplus, sevenfold : Latin septem, seven; see sept in Indo-European roots + -plus, -fold; see pel-2 in Indo-European roots.]
sep·tu'ply adv.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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